It is a hairy, small beetle with shining blue or black head and scutellum. The elongated elytra show a bright red colour with black bands. This species can easily be distinguished from Trichodes alvearius for the black terminal band reaching the apex of elytra.
At the larval stage, these beetles are parasites of bees (hence the name “apiarius”), as the adults lay the eggs in the nests of solitary bees (Osmia and Megachile species) or in hives of honey bees, eating larvae and nymphs of their victims.
The adults grow up to 9–16 millimetres (0.35–0.63 in) and can be encountered from May through June on the flowers, mainly Apiaceae, feeding on the pollen. However, they integrate their diet with small insects that they actively hunt.
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trichodes, apiarius, beetle, species, checkered, beetles, belonging, family, cleridae, subfamily, clerinae, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, coleoptera, infraorder, cucujiformia, famil. Trichodes apiarius is a beetle species of checkered beetles belonging to the family Cleridae subfamily Clerinae Trichodes apiarius Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Infraorder Cucujiformia Family Cleridae Genus Trichodes Species T apiarius Binomial name Trichodes apiarius Linnaeus 1758 Synonyms Trichodes angusticollis Pic 1902 Trichodes apicita Spinola 1844 Trichodes apivore Walckenaer 1802 Trichodes corallinus Menetries 1832 Trichodes crassipedarius Chevrolat 1876 Trichodes elegans Spinola 1844 Trichodes georgianus Chevrolat 1874 Trichodes pannonicus Spinola 1844 Trichodes suturalis Trella 1924 Trichodes suturifer Corporaal 1932 These beetles are found in most of Europe in the eastern Palearctic realm and in North Africa 1 It is a hairy small beetle with shining blue or black head and scutellum The elongated elytra show a bright red colour with black bands This species can easily be distinguished from Trichodes alvearius for the black terminal band reaching the apex of elytra At the larval stage these beetles are parasites of bees hence the name apiarius as the adults lay the eggs in the nests of solitary bees Osmia and Megachile species or in hives of honey bees eating larvae and nymphs of their victims The adults grow up to 9 16 millimetres 0 35 0 63 in and can be encountered from May through June on the flowers mainly Apiaceae feeding on the pollen However they integrate their diet with small insects that they actively hunt References edit Trichodes alvearius Fabricius 1792 2 6 2 Fauna Europaea August 29 2013 Archived from the original on June 29 2011 Retrieved January 23 2015 External links editBiolib nbsp This Cleroidea related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trichodes apiarius amp oldid 1133154385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
