Athous bicolor
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| Athous bicolor | |
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| Athous bicolor, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Genus: | Athous |
| Species: | A. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Athous bicolor (Goeze, 1777) | |
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Athous bicolor is a species of click beetle.
Athous bicolor can reach a length of 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). Body is quite elongated, with a fine pale pubescence, long mid-brown antennae and evident longitudinal ridges and small pits on the elytra. In males the pronotum is much longer than wide, while in the females it is slightly longer than wide and slightly laterally rounded. The elytra are ochre/yellow with dark sutural band, while head and pronotum are dark brown. The hind angles of the pronotum are olive.[2][3][4]
Distribution
This species is widespread in most of Europe, from Russia through South and Central Europe to the Iberian Peninsula.[5]