Silvanidae Kirby, 1837

Berx, Peter, Bosmans, Bart, Dekoninck, Wouter, Janssen, Marc, Stassen, Eugène & Crevecoeur, Luc, 2023, Faunistic survey of myrmecophilous and other ant-associated beetles and spiders in the Belgian province of Limburg (Araneae, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 141, pp. 1-61 : 28

Silvanidae Kirby, 1837

Attracted by decaying timber, Uleiota planatus (4.5-5.5 mm) ( Fig. 23 ) rather prefers deciduous trees with a ratio of 6:1 for typical deciduous versus coniferous forests according to our observations.

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Fig.23. Uleiota planatus (Linnaeus, 1761) (range 4.5-5.5mm). © U. Schmidt.