Ant-Like Flower Beetle
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819
Type genus: Anthicus Paykull, 1798
(after Hangay & Zboworski 2010): body slender, smaller species ant-like, brown, black, or red, pubescent, 1.5-12mm in length. Head sharply constricted at base to form a neck; antennae filiform or clavate, or thickened apically, 11-segmented. Pronotum widest at front, constricted near base, sometimes with large horn-like process extending over the head. Elytra often with coloured pattern. Tarsal formula 5-5-4, penultimate segment bilobed.
Publications
Hangay G, Zborowski P (2010): A Guide to the Beetles of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
Kejval, Z. (2003): The genus Anthelephila (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Journal. Eur. J. Entomol., Czech Republic. 100: 381 - 392
Kejval, Z. (2013): Taxonomic revision of the Australian Notoxinae (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Journal. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Prague, Czech Republic. 53 (supplementum): 1 - 98
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