Mylabris is a genus of beetles in the family Meloidae. It is endemic to the Palearctic realm. The species-rich genus Hycleus (c. 430 spp.) was historically confused with Mylabris and have their greatest diversity in the Afrotropics.[1][2]

Mylabris
M. quadripunctata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Subfamily: Meloinae
Tribe: Mylabrini
Genus: Mylabris
Fabricius, 1775
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References

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  1. ^ Pan, Zhao; Monica, Carosi; Bologna, Marco A. (12 December 2014). "A new Eastern Asian Hycleus and key to the Chinese species of the phaleratus group (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini)". ZooKeys (463): 11–19. Bibcode:2014ZooK..463...11P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.463.8261. PMC 4294299. PMID 25589860. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ Bologna, M. A.; Pinto, J. D. (2002). "The Old World genera of Meloidae (Coleoptera): a key and synopsis". Journal of Natural History. 36 (17): 2013–2102. Bibcode:2002JNatH..36.2013B. doi:10.1080/00222930110062318. S2CID 84015341.