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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL |
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MALACODERMATA .In this tribe may be included a number of families distinguished by the softness of the cuticle, the presence of seven or eight abdominal sterna and of four malpighian tubes, and the firm, well-arm- oured larva (fig. 15, c) which is often predaceous in habit. The mesothoracic epimera bound the coxal cavities of the inter-mediate legs. The Lymexylonidae, a small family of this group, characterized by its slender, undifferentiated feelers and feet, is believed by Lameere to comprise the most primitive of all living beetles, and Sharp
lays
The Lampyridae are a large family, of which the glow-worm (Lampyris) and the " soldier beetles " (Telephorus) are familiar
female
female
South
European
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