Flower mole beetle

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Flower mole beetle
Common unicorn beetle (Notoxus monoceros)

Common unicorn beetle ( Notoxus monoceros )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Subordination : Polyphaga
Partial order : Cucujiformia
Superfamily : Tenebrionoidea
Family : Flower mole beetle
Scientific name
Anthicidae
Latreille , 1819

The flower mole beetles or flower beetles (Anthicidae) are a family of beetles that are very similar in appearance to ants .

features

The beetle's small head sits at the end of a pointed pronotum that is narrow and spherical. The legs and antennae are slender, which is what makes the ant-like shape.

The beetles are omnivores and feed on arthropods , pollen , mushrooms and everything else they can find in edible food. Some species are beneficial insects because they are of larvae and eggs of pests feed.

The larvae are either omnivores, hunters or mushroom eaters. The larvae of the genus Notoxus also like to eat sweet potatoes .

Numerous species of the family store the poison cantharidin in order to use it against their predators.

Systematics

The family of the flower mole beetle is represented in Europe with four subfamilies in 23 genera and almost 400 species. Worldwide there are around 100 genera with a total of over 3,000 species .

Family Anthicidae (flower mole beetles)

Subfamily Anthicinae

Tribus Anthicini
Tribe Endomiini
Tribe Formicomini
Microhorini tribe
Notoxini tribe

Subfamily Macratriinae

Subfamily Steropinae

Subfamily Tomoderinae

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthicidae. Fauna Europaea, Version 1.3, April 19, 2007 , accessed on January 23, 2008 .

Web links

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