''Horia'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s in the family
Meloidae. They are placed in a tribe Horiini which includes two other genera ''
Synhoria'' and ''
Cissites''.

Some species in the genus live in the brood colonies of ''
Xylocopa'' bees. ''Horia maculata'' was introduced to Hawaii to control ''Xylocopa'' but the beetles did not establish a stable population.
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Meloidae
Tenebrionoidea genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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