Malachiidae Fleming, 1821

Berx, Peter, Bosmans, Bart, Dekoninck, Wouter, Janssen, Marc, Stassen, Eugène & Crevecoeur, Luc, 2023, Faunistic survey of myrmecophilous and other ant-associated beetles and spiders in the Belgian province of Limburg (Araneae, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 141, pp. 1-61 : 22

Malachiidae Fleming, 1821

Species Number UTM grid Community Tree Host ant Sphinginus lobatus (Olivier, 1790) 1 GS0227 Voeren Salix alba lasibrun

Only two records in Limburg of Sphinginus lobatus (2.2-3.0mm) ( Fig. 18 ) are available of which one in association with the ant L. brunneus .

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Fig.18. Sphinginus lobatus (Olivier, 1790) (2.9mm; range 2.2-3.0mm). © U. Schmidt.