{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Tenebrionidae - Lagria hirta-2.JPG | image_caption = ''Lagria hirta'', male. Dorsal view | image2 = Tenebrionidae - Lagria hirta-001.JPG | image2_caption = lateral view | taxon = Lagria hirta | authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) |synonyms={{collapsible list|bullets = true | ''Cantharis spadicea'' <small>Scopoli, 1763 </small> | ''Chrysomela pubescens'' <small>Linnaeus, 1767</small> | ''Lagria glabrata'' <small>Fabricius, 1775</small> | ''Tenebrio villosus'' <small>De Geer, 1775</small> | ''Cantharis flava'' <small>Geoffroy, 1785</small> | ''Lagria lurida'' <small>Krynicki, 1832</small> | ''Lagria nudipennis'' <small>Mulsant, 1856</small> | ''Lagria depilis'' <small>Mulsant, 1856</small> | ''Lagria caucasica'' <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small> | ''Lagria fuscata'' <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small> | ''Lagria pontica'' <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small> | ''Lagria hirta limbata'' <small>Desbrochers des Loges, 1881</small> | ''Lagria seminuda'' <small>Reitter, 1889</small> }}}}

'''''Lagria hirta''''' is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id14583/ Biolib]</ref>

==Etymology== The species name ''hirta'' comes from the Latin ''hirtus'' meaning rough hair or rough wool, referring to the coarse, fuzzy appearance of the beetle.

==Distribution==

This species is present in Europe, in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco), in Russia (Western and Eastern Siberia), in Israel, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.<ref>[https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/70991b3d-902c-48e7-934b-5e979ee1290f Fauna europaea]</ref>

==Habitat== ''L. hirta'' prefers areas with sandy soils. It can be found in open woods, deciduous forests, forest clearings, forest edges, grasslands, and wet meadows, but also in dry valleys and wet areas.<ref name=XX/><ref name=GC>Georges Cuvier [https://books.google.com/books?id=DW3saTfW-XUC&dq=lagria+hirta+length&pg=PA35 The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, Vol. 15]</ref>

==Description== thumb|240px|left|''Lagria hirta'', female ''Lagria hirta'' can reach a length of {{convert|7|-|8|mm}}. These beetles have a soft and elongated body and a head and thorax brown or shiny black. The relatively elongated elytra are yellowish-brown and covered by dense fine light yellowish-brown hairs. The rest of the body is also hairy, but they are less clearly visible. ''L. hirta'''s antennae, underside of body and legs are black. This species has eyes, large and round. Antennae are composed of eleven segments.<ref name=XX>[http://insectoid.info/beetles/darkling-beetles/lagriinae/lagria-hirta/ Insectoid]</ref>

The elytra of the females are more extended backward than in the males and the female's abdomen looks from above wider than in the males. The male, in addition to its slimmer body, is distinguished from the females by their larger eyes and by the length of the last segment of the antennae, which is nearly twice the corresponding segment in the female.<ref name=GC/> The hind wings are transparent.left|thumb|''Lagria hirta <span data-darkreader-inline-color="">(Lot, France)</span>'' ==Biology== The fully formed beetles can be seen from late May to September.<ref name=XX/> The adult beetles feed on nectar and pollen.<ref name=XX/> Females lay eggs in the soil, where they hatch after about eight days. The larvae live in the humus where they feed on decaying vegetables. After having overwintered, larvae pupate in early summer of the next year and a new generation of beetles will then develop.

==Bibliography== * Michael Chinery, ''Insectes de France et d'Europe occidentale'', Paris, Flammarion, 2012, 320 p. ({{ISBN|978-2-0812-8823-2}}), p.&nbsp;276 * Vladimir Novák: ''Beetles of the family Tenebrionidae of Central Europe''. Praga: Academia, 2014, s. 203–235, Zoological Keys

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *[http://www.zin.ru/ANIMALIA/COLEOPTERA/rus/laghiris.htm ''L. hirta'' on Zin.ru] *Aliquò, M., Rastelli, M., Rastelli, S., Soldati, F. [http://web.tiscali.it/tenebrionidae/ "Coleotteri Tenebrionidi d'Italia - Darkling Beetles of Italy"] * [https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/12187 INPN]

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Category:Lagriinae Category:Beetles of Asia Category:Beetles of Europe Category:Beetles of North Africa Category:Beetles described in 1758 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus