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Malachiinae

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Malachiinae
Malachius bipustulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily: Malachiinae
Leach, 1817
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Synonyms
  • Malachiidae Leach, 1817
  • Attalomimidae Majer, 1995

Malachiinae is a subfamily of beetles of the family Melyridae and having a global distribution.

Description

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Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous.

The most common North American species belongs to the genus Collops (C. quadrimaculatus) and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron.[1]

Selected genera

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References

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  1. ^ Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N.: "Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, 7th Ed.", page 429. Brooks/Cole, 2005.
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