Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784) is a animal in the Melyridae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784)

Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784)

Anthocomus rufus, the red malachite beetle, is a Melyridae beetle species native to Europe.

Family
Genus
Anthocomus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784)

Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784) is a species of beetle in the family Melyridae. This species is commonly called the red malachite beetle, and it is native to Europe.

Photo: (c) Pierre Bornand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Melyridae Anthocomus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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