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Dendarus coarcticollis

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Dendarus coarcticollis
Dendarus coarcticollis - Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Dendarus
Species:
D. coarcticollis
Binomial name
Dendarus coarcticollis
(Mulsant, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Dendarus tristis Laporte 1840
  • Pandarus coarcticollis Mulsant, 1854

Dendarus coarcticollis is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae.

These beetles are mainly present in France and Italy.

The adults grow up to 12–13 millimetres (0.47–0.51 in) long. The front legs in males are larger than in females, sexual dimorphism that allows males of these terrestrial and often dirty and slippery beetles to better hold on to the back of females. They are nocturnal. They usually overwinter under the bark of an old tree.

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