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Microlia amici

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Microlia amici
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M. amici
Binomial name
Microlia amici
Bortoluzzi, Caron & Silveira

Microlia amici is a species of rove beetle first found in Brazil. It is a pollen-feeder. The species differs from M. meticola by possessing abdominal segments that are darker; mesotarsus with 5 segments; a seventh tergum without tubercles in the male; and the eighth tergum of the male being emarginated in the posterior margin.[1]

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  1. ^ Bortoluzzi, Sidnei, Edilson Caron, and Denise Silveira. "Two new species of Microlia Casey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with comments on obligatory pollen-feeders and the first record from South America." Zootaxa 4078.1 (2016): 197-208. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.18