Dorcatoma serra is a species of beetle in the family Ptinidae from Europe.[1] It is often considered to be a synonym of Dorcatoma substriata.[2]

Dorcatoma serra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae
Genus: Dorcatoma
Species:
D. serra
Binomial name
Dorcatoma serra
(Panzer, 1796)

This beetle has been noted feeding on the fungus Inonotus radiatus, which grows on several types of trees.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Dorcatoma serra (Panzer, 1795)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dorcatoma (Pilosodorcatoma) substriata Hummel, 1829". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  3. ^ Olsson, Fredrik; Lemdahl, Geoffrey (2009). "A continuous Holocene beetle record from the site Stavsåkra, southern Sweden: implications for the last 10 600 years of forest and land use history". Journal of Quaternary Science. 24 (6): 612–626. Bibcode:2009JQS....24..612O. doi:10.1002/jqs.1242.