Skip to content

Harlequin Beetle

Acrocinus longimanus

Harlequin Beetle, reference photograph — Acrocinus longimanus · observation 337441833 · Rafael Tosi · CC BY

Facts

Field research in French Guiana and Panama documents greatly elongated male forelegs and their use in fighting and guarding females or egg-laying sites.
Females select recently dead or dying trees in the Moraceae and Apocynaceae for egg laying.
Primary field and laboratory research documents pseudoscorpions deliberately boarding the beetles for transport under the wing covers.

Print and study the Harlequin Beetle

This species is included in:

Research sources