Mogoplistes brunneus Serville, 1883


Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [N] Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [N] Mogoplistes brunneus: Female (Provence, Alpilles, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Male (Provence, Luberon, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Male (Provence, Luberon, early October 2014) [M] Mogoplistes brunneus: Habitat in a stony embankment in holm oak forest (Alpilles, October 2014) [N] Mogoplistes brunneus: Habitat in a stony embankment in holm oak forest (Alpilles, October 2014) [N] Mogoplistes brunneus: Habitat (Provence, Alpilles, October 2014) [N]

Habitat:
Mogoplistes brunneus is usually recorded in leaf litter of woodlands and their edges. Stony places within or near open woodlands are also settled.

Life cycle:
The adults are recorded between late July and November. Mogoplistes brunneus is quite abundant at appropriate sites and is easily found if you shake out leaf litter on an umbrella or examine carefully litter.

Remarks:
In Europe, Mogoplistes brunneus is only found in the Mediterranean.