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- Phosphuga is a European genus of carrion beetle, whose sole member is the species Phosphuga atrata. The beetle is up to 15mm long and has an elongated neck that it uses to reach into snail shells, which it sprays with a digestive fluid. The beetle feeds on live snails, insects and earthworms, as well as on carrion. Newly moulted beetles are brownish in color, older ones are black. The larvae are black and flattened and feed on snails as well. They pupate in the ground. Adults are flightless, lacking flight muscles. Although they are widely distributed, they are seldom found, because they hunt at night and hide during the day, often under bark. When disturbed, they excrete a yellow fluid and retract their head under the shield. Range: Europe (including UK), Russia (European, Siberia, Far East, Kuriles), Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Korea (N,S), Japan, India (Kashmir), China (Heilongjiang+); intro Iceland (en)
- Phosphuga is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie aaskevers (Silphidae). In Nederland komt alleen de slakkenaaskever Phosphuga atrata (afgebeeld) voor. (nl)
- Phosphuga är ett släkte av skalbaggar som beskrevs av Leach 1817. Phosphuga ingår i familjen asbaggar. Släktet innehåller bara arten snäckjägare, Phosphuga atrata. (sv)
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- *Silpha atrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
*Silpha punctata (De Geer, 1774)
*Silpha paedemontana (Fabricius, 1775)
*Silpha fusca (Herbst, 1793)
*Phosphuga atrata subrotundata (Leach, 1817)
*Silpha nitida (Faldermann, 1835)
*Phosphuga cassidea (Kraatz, 1876)
*Peltis subparalella (Reitter, 1884)
*Peltis atrata var. rostrata (Reitter, 1888)
*Silpha shakotana (Kôno, 1929) (en)
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- Phosphuga is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie aaskevers (Silphidae). In Nederland komt alleen de slakkenaaskever Phosphuga atrata (afgebeeld) voor. (nl)
- Phosphuga är ett släkte av skalbaggar som beskrevs av Leach 1817. Phosphuga ingår i familjen asbaggar. Släktet innehåller bara arten snäckjägare, Phosphuga atrata. (sv)
- Phosphuga is a European genus of carrion beetle, whose sole member is the species Phosphuga atrata. The beetle is up to 15mm long and has an elongated neck that it uses to reach into snail shells, which it sprays with a digestive fluid. The beetle feeds on live snails, insects and earthworms, as well as on carrion. Newly moulted beetles are brownish in color, older ones are black. The larvae are black and flattened and feed on snails as well. They pupate in the ground. Adults are flightless, lacking flight muscles. (en)
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