''Denticollis linearis'' is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily

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. This beetle is present in most of

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, in the East

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, the

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, and the

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''Denticollis linearis'' is quite similar to a

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species, but it can be distinguished from a soldier beetle by the two basal angles very protruding on pronotum and the deep longitudinal rows of pits. The pronotum varies from orange-red to brownish, the elytra from dark-brown to yellowish, while the head and femora are generally blackish, the tarsi and tibia are orange-yellow. The larvae are omnivorous, feeding on many different plants and other species larvae. The adults grow up to long and can mostly be encountered from May through July in broadleaved and coniferous host-trees.

References

* Mendel, H. & Clarke, R. E., 1996, Provisional Atlas of the click beetles of (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) of Britain and Ireland, Ipswich Borough Council Museums, Ipswich * Speight, M. C. D., 1989, The Irish Elaterid and Buprestid fauna (Coleoptera: Elateridae and Buprestidae),

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, 12: 31-62

Subspecies

* ''Denticollis linearis'' var. ''mesomelas '' (Linnaeus) * ''Denticollis linearis'' var. ''variabilis'' (DeGeer)

External links

Biolib

Elateridae

Habitas

Fauna Europaea

Elateridae.co.uk
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1836904 Elateridae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus