Species of round fungus beetle
Agathidium pulchellum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae .[2] This species is one of the rarest of the genus Agathidium . It feeds exclusively on a slime mold species named Trichia decipens with mid-decayed aspen , spruce and birch logs in boreal forests .[3] It is found only in natural forests where there is a ratio of at least 80 aspen and spruce logs per hectare.[4] It was first discovered in 1971 in Blåkölen in Norrbotten , Sweden .[5] A. pulchellum is considered an endangered species in Sweden ,[6] and Finland .[7]
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