Forum Entomologi Italiani

New taxon for this forum. Rare and very local phytosaprophagous species, bionomics similar as in E. porcellus (J. Frivaldszky, 1879), but without a distinct preference for limestone habitats and with adults active in late spring and summer, depending on the altitude. Larvae live in decaying plant matter in the soil. Facultative coprophagy of the adults of this species was never observed.

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Daniel

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And hatching of adults:

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

Ciao Daniel
documentazione molto bella ed interessante

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Marco
"Le foreste a precedere le civiltà, i deserti a seguire."
François-René de Chateaubriand

And here are the fully sclerotized adults:

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

Distribution of E. villosus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia:

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)