Biology:Mimodacne

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Mimodacne
Erotylidae - Mimodacne rhodesiaca.jpg
Mimodacne rhodesiaca
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Dacninae
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Mimodacne

Bedel, 1917

Mimodacne is a genus of beetles in the family Erotylidae. It was described by Ernest Marie Louis Bedel in 1917.

This genus comprises some species previously included in Megalodacne but in which the club of the antenna is very large and markedly asymmetrical.[1]

Species

  • Mimodacne longiuscula Fairm. 1891
  • Mimodacne rhodesiaca Bedel, 1917
  • Mimodacne belgarum Bedel, 1917
  • Mimodacne abnormalis Cr. 1876
  • Mimodacne imperatrix Gorh. 1883
  • Mimodacne magnifica Har. 1878
  • Mimodacne kolbei Kunt, 1908

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References

  1. Arrow, Gilbert J. (1917). "A Systematic Revision of the African Species of the Coleopterous Family Erotylidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (Taylor and Francis) 20 (116): 138. https://archive.org/stream/ser8annalsmagazi20londuoft#page/138/mode/1up. 
  2. L. Bedel Nouveau genre et nouvelles especes d'Erotylidae de l'Afrique equatoriale Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 85 pages 367--368 (1917)
  3. GBIF
  4. Universal Biological Indexer
  5. Organism Names

Wikidata ☰ Q19597940 entry