Mimodacne rhodesiaca

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Mimodacne rhodesiaca
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Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Erotylidae
Genus:
Mimodacne
Species:
M. rhodesiaca
Binomial name
Mimodacne rhodesiaca
L. Bedel, 1917

Mimodacne rhodesiaca is a species of beetles in the family Erotylidae. [1] [2]

Erotylidae Family of beetles

Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it includes the subfamilies Dacninae, Encaustinae, Erotylinae, Megalodacninae, and Tritominae. In other words, the narrowly circumscribed Erotylidae correspond to the subfamily Erotylinae in the definition sensu lato. They feed on plant and fungal matter; some are important pollinators, while a few have gained notoriety as pests of some significance. Sometimes, useful and harmful species are found in one genus, e.g. Pharaxonotha. Most pleasing fungus beetles, however, are inoffensive animals of little significance to humans.

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Description

Mimodacne rhodesiaca can reach a length of 17–26 millimetres (0.67–1.02 in). These beetles have black elytra with two transversal yellowish bands. The club of the antenna is very large and markedly asymmetrical. [3] [4]

Distribution

This species can be found in the equatorial Africa. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Global Names
  2. ↑ Swedish Museum of Natural History
  3. ↑ Arrow, Gilbert J. (1917). "A Systematic Revision of the African Species of the Coleopterous Family Erotylidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8. Taylor and Francis. 20 (116): 138 – via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 L. Bedel Nouveau genre et nouvelles especes d'Erotylidae de l'Afrique equatoriale Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 85 pages 367-368 (1917)


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