Dorcatoma dresdensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Ptinidae
- Genus
- Dorcatoma
- Species
- Dorcatoma dresdensis
- Scientific Name
- Dorcatoma dresdensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dorcatoma dresdensis
Dorcatoma dresdensis is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae.
Like others of its genus, this beetle lives in dead wood infested with fungi. It has been noted on several species, including Fomes fomentarius on birch and alder wood, Inonotus radiatus on alder and hazel and Inonotus rheades on aspen, Ganoderma applanatum on lime wood, and many species of Phellinus.
This species was first recorded as being present in Northern Ireland in 2009.
...Dorcatoma dresdensis in languages:
- Lithuanian
- Drezdeniškasis Skaptukas
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dorcatoma affinis
- Dorcatoma agenjoi
- Dorcatoma ambjoerni
- Dorcatoma androgyna
- Dorcatoma bistriata
- Dorcatoma castanea
- Dorcatoma chrysomelina
- Dorcatoma dresdensis
- Dorcatoma falli
- Dorcatoma flavicornis
- Dorcatoma integra
- Dorcatoma janssoni
- Dorcatoma lauta
- Dorcatoma lomnickii
- Dorcatoma minor
- Dorcatoma moderata
- Dorcatoma pallicornis
- Dorcatoma pilosella
- Dorcatoma polypori
- Dorcatoma punctulata
- Dorcatoma robusta
- Dorcatoma setosella
- Dorcatoma setulosa
- Dorcatoma substriata





















