Common Malachite-beetle (lat. Malachius bipustulatus)

Common Malachite-beetle
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Malachius bipustulatus, the malachite beetle, is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae subfamily Malachiinae.

Subspecies

Malachius bipustulatus var. immaculatus Rey

References

Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O’Connor, J.P.. 1997, Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list, Irish Naturalists’ Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81 Joy, N.H., 1932, A practical handbook of British beetles, H.F. & G. Witherby, London Plantpress

Biolib Habitas Fauna Europaea

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Arthropods Insects Beetles Soft-winged Flower Beetles Malachite Beetles Axinotarsus pulicarius Common Malachite-beetle Yellow-fronted Soft-winged Flower Beetle

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