Rare fungus feeding Darkling Beetle, <i>Byrsax cornutus</i> Fabricius, 1792 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Bolitophagini) from the Western Ghats, India

Byrsax cornutus is a rare darkling beetle associated with the fruiting bodies of bracket fungi. Cryptic brownish-grey coloration of adults that matches the color of their host bracket fungus Ganoderma applanatum and secretive habits lead them to be often overlooked by collectors. A first record and...

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Main Authors: C. Arunraj, S.K. Thomas, O. Merkl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2013-07-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1492