Morphological and Molecular Studies on Certain Species of Family Anthicidae (Order: Coleoptera) In Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University

Abstract

The Family Anthicidae are of the heteromerous group of beetles recognized by their superficial shape, which resembles ants and have an appearance of small carabids. Six species are compared within genera, Anthicus, Cyclodinus, Striticomus, and Omondus (Family: Anthicdae), the male genital structure used to represent morphological character and (RFLP) molecular data. The Subgenera, Cyclodinus, Striticomus, and Omondus were promoted to genera. The results revealed that the molecular data are emphasized the elevations of Cyclodinus, Striticomus, and Omondus, these subgenera to status genera. Whereas species not changed in its scientific name.

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