Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815

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 : 41

Scydmaeninae Leach, 1815

All specimens of Cephennium gallicum (1.3-1.5 mm) ( Fig. 34A ) were sampled in deciduous forests and 89% by sieving mushrooms and decaying plant material. In the entire province, not a single individual was captured with a flight-interception trap. The three species of the genus Neuraphes Thomson, 1859 also prefer the presence of broadleaf trees and none of these beetles was found near coniferous trees. Only Stenichnus scutellaris (1.4-1.5 mm) was noted in flight interception samples.

Figures

Fig.34. A, Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer, 1899 (range 1.3-1.5 mm). © U. Schmidt. B, Neuraphes elongatulus (P.J.W. MÜller & Kunze, 1822) (range 1.4-1.5 mm). © U. Schmidt. C, Scydmaenus perrisi (Reitter, 1879) (1.8 mm), © Ignace David. D, Stenichnus godarti (Latreille, 1806) (1.7 mm), © Ignace David.