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Australian Museum Soft Winged Flower Beetles - Melyridae 1

Specimens Australian Museum Entomology Collection

Welcome to another Australian Museum Entomology expedition! This expedition is part 2 looking at the family Melyridae, Soft Winged Flower Beetles. Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, or red. The family Melyridae contains over 100 genera worldwide, with ~520 species in 48 genera in North America, and 16 genera in Europe; the largest diversity is in tropical rainforests.

This expedition is part of the Australian Museum's Collection Enhancement Project (CEP). The CEP will result in new levels of access to the AM’s diverse collections, making digital images and meta data easily accessible to First Nations communities, scientists, researchers, students and individuals from Australia and abroad.

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