Pashford pot beetle
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The Pashford pot beetle, Cryptocephalus exiguus, is a small beetle
endemic to the east of England
.
The smallest Cryptocephalus
species found in Britain, it is primarily black, with yellow legs and yellow bases to the antenna
e. The male also has a yellow head with a central black line.
During the nineteenth century, the beetle
was found in the Norfolk Broads and Lincolnshire Fens, but since 1910 it has been seen only at Pashford Poors Fen in Suffolk
. It was last seen in 1986 and may well now be extinct.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
endemic to the east of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The smallest Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus
Cryptocephalus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Cryptocephalinae and belonging to the group of case-bearing leaf beetles called the Camptosomata.*Cryptocephalus abdominalis*Cryptocephalus acupunctatus...
species found in Britain, it is primarily black, with yellow legs and yellow bases to the antenna
Antenna (biology)
Antennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in most cell types of eukaryotes....
e. The male also has a yellow head with a central black line.
During the nineteenth century, the beetle
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
was found in the Norfolk Broads and Lincolnshire Fens, but since 1910 it has been seen only at Pashford Poors Fen in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
. It was last seen in 1986 and may well now be extinct.