''Stenomax aeneus'' is a species of ''darkling beetles'' (insects belonging to the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...

) in the subfamily

Tenebrioninae Tenebrioninae is the largest subfamily of the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae), containing flour beetles, among others. Tenebrioninae contains more than 20 tribes. Description Adults Adults are robust, mid-sized beetles that typically have e ...

Subspecies

*''Stenomax aeneus aeneus'' (Scopoli, 1763) *''Stenomax aeneus incurvus'' (Küster, 1850)

Description

''Stenomax aeneus'' can reach a length of . These beetles have a black-brown, elongated body with very long legs. The central pair of legs is hairy at the top. At the end of the abdomen, the elytra form two small spurs.

Distribution and habitat

This quite common species is present in south-eastern and Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland).Fauna europaea
/ref> These beetles live on branches infested with fungi and under bark of deciduous trees.

References

Tenebrioninae Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1763 Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli {{Tenebrionidae-stub