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A soft-bodied plant beetle (Dascillidae ?) from a West-Javan lowland rainforest

Image of Soft-bodied Plant and Cicada Parasite Beetles

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Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class:Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflgler)Order: Coleoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder: Polyphaga EMERY, 1886Infraorder: Elateriformia CROWSON, 1960Superfamily: Dascilloidea GURIN-MNEVILLE, 1843Family: Dascillidae GURIN-MNEVILLE, 1843 (soft-bodied plant beetles or Orchid beetles, Moorweichkfer oder Wiesenkfer) [Syn.: Atopidae; including Karumiidae][det. Boris Bche, 2015, based on this photo]More info (German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorweichk%C3%A4ferKEY: ftp://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/dasc.htm (-> delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/dasccd.htm)www.coleo-net.de/coleo/texte/dascillus.htmIndonesia, W-Java, Serang, vic. Bulakan: Danau (=lake) Rawa NP, 120-340m asl., 13.03.2011IMG_9928

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