Madecorformica

Madecorformica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Subfamily:	Agrilinae
Genus:	Madecorformica Bellamy, 2008
Species:	M. silhouetta
Binomial name
Madecorformica silhouetta Bellamy, 2008

Madecorformica is a monotypic beetle genus in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The only species is Madecorformica silhouetta, native to Madagascar. ^[1]

This beetle is an ant-mimic. ^[1]

References

1. Bellamy, C. L. (2008). A new monotypic genus of ant-mimicking Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa 1817 65-68.

External links

• Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Madecorformica". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 13 Jun 2011.