Rhizophagus dispar
This beetle has a red shiny appearance with a broad dark band across the elytra.
Found under bark of various trees.
It feeds on fungi and decaying matter, the adult is also a predator of fly larvae.
Once mainly a northern species, it is now being regularly recorded further south, and has been found in most of England and Wales.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 89 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
11 April 2009
Mark Skevington
Cat Hill Wood
26 April 2019
Mark Skevington
Cat Hill Wood
26 April 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Monotomidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 11/04/2009 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 31/05/2020 (Gould, David)
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David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
31 May 2020
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
31 May 2020
