''Enicopus pilosus'' is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family

Melyridae Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...

, subfamily

Dasytinae Dasytinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles, beetles of the family Melyridae, historically sometimes treated as a separate family, "Dasytidae". Description and distribution Dasytinae are typically small (<8 mm) and parallel-side ...

Description

''Enicopus pilosus'' can reach a length of in males, in females. The body is completely black, with long hair, especially in females. Hair are black in males, grayish in females. The males have a pointed appendage on the first article of the anterior tarsi and a flattened hook on the posterior tarsi.

Habitat

These beetles prefer open areas, forest edges, roads, fields, meadows and pastures. They are quite common in summer on the stems of

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

species.

Distribution

This species is mainly present in

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and

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References

External links

Henicopus pilosus Scop. - photos by S.I. Ruban

Biolib

Fauna europaea
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5378845 Melyridae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1763 Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli