Horia (beetle)

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Horia
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Horia sp., Bangalore (near Horia roepkei)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Meloidae
Tribe: Horiini
Genus: Horia
Fabricius, 1787

Horia is a genus of beetles in the family Meloidae. They are placed in a tribe Horiini which includes two other genera Synhoria and Cissites . [1]

Horia sp. near roepkei Cantharid2 sal.jpg
Horia sp. near roepkei

Some species in the genus live in the nests of Xylocopa bees, where they are parasitoids of the brood. [2] Horia maculata was introduced to Hawaii to control Xylocopa but the beetles did not establish a stable population. [3]

Parasitic larva of Horia on the hind leg of a carpenter bee (Xylocopa tenuiscapa) Parasitic Horia Beetle Larva.jpg
Parasitic larva of Horia on the hind leg of a carpenter bee ( Xylocopa tenuiscapa )

References

  1. ↑ Selander, Richard B. (1991). "On the Nomenclature and Classification of the Meloidae (Coleoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 5 (2): 65–93.
  2. ↑ Guilding, L. (1825). "The natural history of Xylocopa teredo and Horia maculata". Transactions of the Linnean Society (in Latin). 14 (2): 313–317. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1823.tb00089.x.
  3. ↑ Clausen, Curtis P. (1940). Entomophagous Insects. New York: McGraw Hill.


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