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Thanasimus formicarius (ant beetle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius), also known as the European red-bellied clerid, is a medium size insect, rather soft-bodied, with strong mandibles that can tear between the hard sclerotized integument of bark beetles. Larvae and adults are common predators of bark beetles in Europe.
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Prey / Diet

Ips typographus (Engraver Beetle)[1]
Trypodendron lineatum (striped ambrosia beetle)[1]

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♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0