Malachiinae
| Malachiinae | |
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| Anthocomus rufus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Melyridae |
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Malachiinae Leach, 1817 |
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Malachiidae Leach, 1817 |
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Malachiidae Leach, 1817
Malachiinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles, beetles of the family Melyridae.
Malachiinae have peculiar orange structures along the sides of the abdomen, which may be everted and saclike or withdrawn into the body and inconspicuous.
The most common North American species belongs to the genus Collops (C. quadrimaculatus) and is reddish, with two bluish black spots on each elytron.
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