About Cionus hortulanus (E.L.Geoffroy, 1785)
Cionus hortulanus (E.L.Geoffroy, 1785) is a species of tiny beetle. Adults of this species grow to a length between 3 and 4.6 millimetres, or 0.12 to 0.18 inches. They have short, oblong, convex bodies, a conical thorax, and a long thin rostrum. Grey scales cover the thorax and elytra, and the species' basic body color is grey-brown. There is one large velvety black spot in the middle of the elytra, and a smaller black spot at the elytra apex. The elytra also carry four raised lines marked with a series of black markings, and the antennae are reddish. This species is found across most of Europe, as well as in northwestern Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, and India. It primarily lives in meadows and hedgerows.
