Family: Melyridae (soft-winged flower beetles)
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(beetles)
> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Cleroidea
Small (4-11mm) dorsally flattened beetles. Often brightly
coloured and metallic and sometimes covered with erect hairs. The pronotum has
distinct margins. Adults occur in flowers and feed on pollen while larvae are carnivorous.
Classification
- Subfamily: Dasytinae
- Subfamily: Melyrinae
- Subfamily: Malachiinae
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