Nalassus dryadophilus

Nalassus dryadophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Nalassus
Species: N. dryadophilus
Binomial name
Nalassus dryadophilus
(Mulsant, 1854)

Nalassus dryadophilus is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the subfamily Tenebrioninae.

They are mainly present in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Italy, Greece, and Romania.

The adults grow up to 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) long and can mostly be encountered under the bark of old trees.

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