Species Account for Athous campyloides
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Athous campyloides Newman, 1833
Coleoptera: Elateridae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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Status: Nb
Essex RDB: Listed
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Belton Hills 2001. Only one previous Essex record/s.
Species text
The click beetle Athous campyloides is local in south-east England, but with a scatter of records to West Cornwall. It has been recorded from grassland, road-sides verges, gardens, coastal cliffs, a disused chalk pit and a disused clay pit. The beetle probably breeds in the soil at the roots of plants. The species is crepuscular and gregarious. References
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