''Mimodacne'' is a genus of beetles in the family
Erotylidae
''Ischyrus quadripunctatus''
Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles belonging to Cucujoidea containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it contains 6 tribes ( Tritomini, Dacnini, Megalodacnini, Er ...
. It was described by
Ernest Marie Louis Bedel
Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (16 May 1849, Nantes – 26 January 1922, Paris) was a French entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Louis Bedel studied first in Nantes then in Paris where the future entomologist Maurice Sédillot (1849-1933) was a ...
in 1917.
This genus comprises some species previously included in
Megalodacne but in which the club of the antenna is very large and markedly asymmetrical.
Species
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Mimodacne longiuscula''
Fairm. 1891
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Mimodacne rhodesiaca''
Bedel, 1917
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Mimodacne belgarum''
Bedel, 1917
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Mimodacne abnormalis''
Cr. 1876
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Mimodacne imperatrix''
Gorh. 1883
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Mimodacne magnifica''
Har. 1878
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Mimodacne kolbei''
Kunt, 1908
[L. Bede]
Nouveau genre et nouvelles especes d'Erotylidae de l'Afrique equatoriale
Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 85 pages 367--368 (1917)
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References
Erotylidae
Cucujoidea genera
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