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Horia (beetle)

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Genus of beetles

Horia
Horia sp., Bangalore (near Horia roepkei)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Tribe: Horiini
Genus: Horia
Fabricius, 1787

Horia is a genus of beetles in the family Meloidae. They are placed in a tribe Horiini which includes two other genera Synhoria and Cissites.

Horia sp. near roepkei

Some species in the genus live in the brood colonies of Xylocopa bees. Horia maculata was introduced to Hawaii to control Xylocopa but the beetles did not establish a stable population.

References

  1. Selander, Richard B. (1991). "On the Nomenclature and Classification of the Meloidae (Coleoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 5 (2): 65–93.
  2. Guilding, L. (1825). "The natural history of Xylocopa teredo and Horia maculata". Transactions of the Linnean Society (in Latin). 14 (2): 313–317. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1823.tb00089.x.
  3. Clausen, Curtis P. (1940). Entomophagous Insects. New York: McGraw Hill.

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