L: 4-5 mmThe Lissomidae are closely related to the click beetles (Elateridae). They develop in decaying hardwood. Their greatest diversity is found in the tropical and subtropical regions. In Germany only one species is known to occur.Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class:Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflgler)Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Elateriformia CROWSON, 1960Superfamily: ElateroideaFamily: Elateridae LEACH, 1815 (click beetles, Schnellkfer)Subfamily: Lissominae LAPORTE DE CASTELNAU, 1835 (Scheinschnellkfer)Genus:
Drapetes DEJEAN, 1821
Drapetes mordelloides HOST, 1789 [Syn.: Drapetes cinctus (Panzer, 1796)] (Gebnderter Scheinschnellkfer)[det. Bohne, 2016, based on this photo]please compare:
www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch.cgi?Fam=Lissomidaemore info (German):
entomologie-stuttgart.de/ask/node/706?menu=steGermany, NE-Hessen: vic. Nieste, ca. 450m asl., 31.05.2014IMG_4485