Agathidium pulchellum

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]

Agathidium pulchellum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Leiodidae
Genus:	Agathidium
Species:	A. pulchellum
Binomial name
Agathidium pulchellum Wankowicz, 1869