Agathidium pulchellum

Agathidium pulchellum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae.[2] This species is one of the rarest of the genus Agathidium. It feeds exclusively on a slime mold species named Trichia decipens with mid-decayed aspen, spruce and birch logs in boreal forests.[3] It is found only in natural forests where there is a ratio of at least 80 aspen and spruce logs per hectare.[4] It was first discovered in 1971 in Blåkölen in Norrbotten, Sweden.[5] A. pulchellum is considered an endangered species in Sweden,[6] and Finland.[7]

Agathidium pulchellum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Agathidium
Species:
A. pulchellum
Binomial name
Agathidium pulchellum
Wankowicz, 1869

References
  1. Tykarski, P.; Putchkov, A.; Mannerkoski, I. (2010). "Agathidium pulchellum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T157552A5094208. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T157552A5094208.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Agathidium (Neoceble) pulchellum Wankowicz 1869 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  3. Kostanjšek, Fran; Sebek, Pavel; Baranová, Beáta; Šerić Jelaska, Lucija; Riedl, Vladan; Cizek, Lukas (2018-03-23). "Size matters! Habitat preferences of the wrinkled bark beetle, Rhysodes sulcatus , the relict species of European primeval forests". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11. doi:10.1111/icad.12295.
  4. Laaksonen, Mervi; Murdoch, Kaisa; Siitonen, Juha; Várkonyi, Gergely (February 2010). "Habitat associations of Agathidium pulchellum, an endangered old-growth forest beetle species living on slime moulds". Journal of Insect Conservation. 14 (1): 89–98. doi:10.1007/s10841-009-9227-0. ISSN 1366-638X.
  5. "Artfakta från SLU Artdatabanken". artfakta.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  6. "Notorynchus cepedianus: Compagno, L.J.V." IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  7. Kettunen, Juhani; Silander, Jari; Lindholm, Matti; Lehtiniemi, Maiju; Setälä, Outi; Kaitala, Seppo (2016-08-25), "Changing role of citizens in national environmental monitoring", European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information, Ubiquity Press, pp. 257–267, retrieved 2023-03-18


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