Megamerina dolium (Fabricius, 1805)

Thong, Vu Dinh, Mao, Xiuguang, Csorba, Gábor, Bates, Paul, Ruedi, Manuel, Viet, Nguyen Van, Loi, Dao Nhan, Nha, Pham Van, Chachula, Oana, Tuan, Tran Anh, Son, Nguyen Truong, Fukui, Dai, Tu, Vuong Tan & Saikia, Uttam, 2018, Records From India, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 9 (1), pp. 33-36 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13479361
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A51E34-FF89-FF94-D112-FEFC9FAFA6CC
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megamerina dolium (Fabricius, 1805)
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Megamerina dolium (Fabricius, 1805) View in CoL ( Figs 1–3)

Material examined: India, Jammu and Kashmir, Shopian , 33.7103°N, 74.8441°E, 2146 m. a.s.l GoogleMaps ., 25.09.2014, 4 ♂, 5 ♀ ( AAWC) , 1 ♂ ( CNC) , 3.07.2016, 3 ♂, 3 ♀ ( AAWC) , 1 ♀ ( CNC) (leg. Wachkoo) .

A medium-sized (6.0– 8.5 mm) species. Globally the family consists of around 11 species belonging to three genera ( Andrade, 2011). The species is easily diagnosed with following combination of characters and illustrations provided: with elongated and glossy dark body, unmarked wings and reddish femora; hind femora swollen and provided with two rows of spines on the ventral surface. These are apparently necrophagous or predators of other