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Hook-winged Net-winged Beetle

Lycus melanurus

Photo by Elsa van Eck
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small to medium (body length 11-25 mm). Antennae moderately serrate. Pronotum black, with broad orange lateral borders. Elytra with anterior expansion, produces into backward-pointing hooks; base black at centre, frontal half orange, rear half black.

Habitat:

Forest, savanna and grassland.

Notes:

Biology: As for family

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PublishedNovember 11, 2021

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