LABOULBENIALES - Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos

Creophilus Samouellemaxillosus (Linnaeus) 3Cadaver 4Cadaver 7Cadaver 826/09/0326/05/0404/08/04C4 26.IX.03C7 26/05/04 1C8 4.8.4BJ APhilonthus Stephenstenuicornis Rey 1 Cadaver 3 26/04/04 C3 26.IV.043.2.20. FAMILY TENEBRIONIDAEThis family displays a broad range of variability, in both shape and size. Manymembers have black elytra. Typical is that the tarsi of the hind pair have foursegments, while the tarsi of fore and mid legs possess five segments (tarsalformula: 5-5-4). They eat both fresh and decaying vegetation. Majorpredators include birds, rodents, sunspiders and lizards.Both the adults and larvae feed on dead organic material and carrion. A wellknownspecies is the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), which is a pest inrepositories of flour and grain. The larvae of this species, the so-calledmealworms, are used as a food source for reptile, fish and birds.Table XXXIX: Family Tenebrionidae from cadavers in the Meerdaal Forest.Order ColeopteraSuborder PolyphagaInfraorder CucjiformiaSuperfamily TenebionoideaFamily Tenebrionidae LatreilleSubfamily LagriinaeSpecies # specimens Location DateCollectionreferenceLagria Fabriciushirta (Linnaeus) 1 Cadaver 5 2004 NICC2Nalassus Mulsantlaevioctostriatus (Goeze) 3Cadaver 5Cadaver 1205/05/042005C5 5.V.04 1NICC1P a g e | 68