Throscidae Laporte, 1840

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 : 46

Throscidae Laporte, 1840

Aulonothroscus brevicollis (2.5-3.3 mm) ( Fig. 38 ) is a common species in deciduous forests with older trees and can be locally very abundant. In the Kolmontbos, where one specimen was found near a nest of L. fuliginosus ( Table 37), we collected 26% of all individuals from our database using adhesive tapes wrapped around the trunk of dead trees (beech and oak).

Figures

Fig.38. Aulonothroscus brevicollis (de Bonvouloir, 1859) (2.9mm; range 2.5-3.3mm). © U. Schmidt.