Family:
Drilidae
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> Insecta
(insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola >
Holometabola > Coleoptera
(beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Cantharoidea
Small to medium-sized
beetles (3-15mm), usually pale yellow to black in colour. The antennae are
distinctive and are large and flabellate (fan-shaped. The females are
larvae-like and wingless. Four species have been identified from southern Africa
but unidentified material indicates that there are more. The larvae of some
species prey on snails.
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