Ablattaria is a genus of carrion beetles belonging to the family Silphidae. The beetles are predators of gastropods. All species in the genus exhibit sexual dimorphism.[1]
| Ablattaria | |
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| Ablattaria laevigata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silphidae |
| Tribe: | Silphini |
| Genus: | Ablattaria Reitter, 1885 |
Species
edit- Ablattaria arenaria (Kraatz, 1876)
- Ablattaria cribrata (Ménétries, 1832)
- Ablattaria laevigata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Ablattaria subtriangula Reitter, 1905 [2]
References
edit- ^ Qubaiová, Jarin; Růžička, Jan; Šípková, Hana (26 January 2015). "Taxonomic revision of genus Ablattaria Reitter (Coleoptera, Silphidae) using geometric morphometrics". ZooKeys (477): 79–142. doi:10.3897/zookeys.477.8446. PMC 4319058. PMID 25685005.
- ^ Biolib
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