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Enicopus pilosus
Enicopus pilosus is a species of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, subfamily Dasytinae.
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Description
Enicopus pilosus can reach a length of 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in) in males, 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) in females. The body is completely black, with long hair, especially in females. Hair are black in males, grayish in females. The males have a pointed appendage on the first article of the anterior tarsi and a flattened hook on the posterior tarsi.
Range & habitat
These beetles prefer open areas, forest edges, roads, fields, meadows and pastures. They are quite common in summer on the stems of Poaceae species.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 337550.