Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Coleoptera Scientific name Paederus baudii | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Staphylinidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Paederus littoralis, Paederus, Paederinae, Staphylinoidea, Staphyliniformia | ||
Paederus baudii is a species of rove beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae subfamily Paederinae.
These beetles are mainly present in France, Italy, and Switzerland.
The head is black, antennae and legs are yellowish, while the apex of the femora is black. Pronotum is red. The elytra are black. Abdomen is black except for the first 4 segments that are red. This species has a very narrow base of elytra, elytra widened in the back and the head much bigger than similar ones.
The adults grow up to 7–9 millimetres (0.28–0.35 in) long. They can mainly be encountered in moisty habitats, especially on the banks of ponds and marshy meadows. They can secrete by abdominal glands an urticant substance. Larvae and adults are predators of small insects.