Fen Rove Beetle vs Lameere's Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Fen Rove Beetle Lameere's Longhorn
Scientific Name Stenus providus Chloridolum lameerei
Order Coleoptera Coleoptera
Family Staphylinidae Cerambycidae
Size 3.5-4.5 mm 20-30 mm
Habitat Wetlands Forests
Diet Predators Wood Feeders
Regions Northern Europe Philippines (Mindanao)
Conservation Least Concern Data Deficient

Fen Rove Beetle

A tiny rove beetle of wetland margins with exceptionally large eyes for a beetle its size. Uses a retractable sticky labial pad to catch springtails. Confined to fen habitats.

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Did You Know?

Has proportionally the largest eyes of any British beetle relative to its body size.

Lameere's Longhorn

A rare metallic blue-green cerambycid described from the forests of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is known from very few museum specimens. The pronotum bears conspicuous lateral spines.

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Did You Know?

Named after the Belgian entomologist Auguste Lameere, who monographed the Prioninae subfamily.