Phaleria bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767) is a animal in the Tenebrionidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Phaleria bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Phaleria bimaculata is a small morphologically variable darkling beetle found on European sandy beaches, growing 6–7 mm long.
Phaleria bimaculata grows to a body length of 6 to 7 millimetres (0.24 to 0.28 inches). Typically, its head is dark brown, its pronotum is brown, and its elytra are pale brown with two large dark brown spots. This species of small beetle exhibits a high level of morphological variation between different populations. Phaleria bimaculata is found across most of Europe. As a type of darkling beetle, it inhabits sandy beaches.
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Eleodes dentipes Eschscholtz, 1829
Eleodes tricostata (Say, 1824)
Eleodes caudifera LeConte, 1858
Neatus tenebrioides (Palisot de Beauvois, 1812)
Upis ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nalassus laevioctostriatus (Goeze, 1777)
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