Microlia machadoi

Microlia machadoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Microlia
Species:
M. machadoi
Binomial name
Microlia machadoi
Bortoluzzi, Caron & Silveira, 2016

Microlia machadoi is a species of rove beetle first found in Brazil. It is a pollen-feeder. The species differs from M. pentamera and M. tetramera by possessing a curved spine-like process in the posterior margin of its third tergum.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Bortoluzzi, Sidnei, Edilson Caron, and Denise Silveira. "Two new species of Microlia Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with comments on obligatory pollen-feeders and the first record from South America." Zootaxa 4078.1 (2016): 197-208. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.18