# Pyropterus nigroruber

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***Pyropterus nigroruber*** is a species of *net-winged beetles* belonging to the family [Lycidae](/source/Lycidae).

## Description

*Pyropterus nigroruber* can reach a length of about 7.5–10 millimetres (0.30–0.39 in).[2] This small *net-winged beetles* have an elongated and flattened body, with black head and pronotum, while elytra are brick-red in colour and show four longitudinal carinae connected by week transverse lines.[3]

The long, thick, and serrate antennae have eleven antennal segments. The segments two and three are very short and almost equal in length.[4]

Adults occurs from June to August.[5] The predaceous larvae pupate in rotten wood, mainly in dead birch timber. They feed on small insects.[6]

## Distribution and habitat

This species is present in the eastern [Palearctic realm](/source/Palearctic_realm) and in most of European countries.[7][8] It occurs in lowlands and highlands in moist forests.[5]

## Bibliography

- Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O'Connor, J.P.. 1997, Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list, Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81
- Joy, N.H., 1932, A practical handbook of British beetles, H.F. & G. Witherby, London
- S.V. Kazantsev, N.B. Nikitsky [Larvae of net-winged beetles (Lycidae: Coleoptera) of the European part of Russia and the Caucasus](http://ssc-ras.ru/files/files/CEB7%282%29Kazantsev.pdf)

## References

1. [Biolib](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9555/)

1. [Fauna of Germany](https://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch.cgi?Fam=Lycidae)

1. [Lycidae on Thewcg.org](https://www.thewcg.org.uk/pages/lycidae.htm)

1. [Mike Fitton's keys of Lycidae](http://markgtelfer.co.uk/files/2012/04/CantharidaeKeys_v3.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140513234417/http://markgtelfer.co.uk/files/2012/04/CantharidaeKeys_v3.pdf) 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

1. [Soorten Bank](http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=insecten&id=529&menuentry=groepen)

1. [Insektenbox](http://www.insektenbox.de/kaefer/pyroni.htm)

1. [Fauna Europaea](https://web.archive.org/web/20140727133924/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=190355)

1. [Invertebrate Ireland On Line](https://www.habitas.org.uk/InvertebrateIreland/species.asp?item=1998)

## External links

- [Nottinghamshire’s Invertebrate Fauna](https://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds3/insectinfocuspyropterusnigroruber.htm)

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