Diamphidia (lat.) Is a genus of African beetles ( Coleoptera ) from the subfamily of goats ( Galerucinae ) in the family of leaf beetles ( Chrysomelidae ), the larvae and pupae of which secrete the poison diamphotoxin used by the Bushmen to lubricate arrowheads [1] [2] .
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 Diamphidia nigroornata | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Diamphidia Gerstaecker , 1855 |
A related species is the Colorado potato beetle .
Diamphidia nigroornata feeds on the Commiphora angolensis plant , and Diamphidia vittatipennis feeds on the Commiphora africana plant.
Species List
Some species of the genus:
- Diamphidia femoralis
- Diamphidia nigroornata
- Diamphidia vittatipennis
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Notes
- ↑ How San hunters use beetles to poison their arrows , Biodiversity Explorer website
- ↑ Woollard JM, Fuhrman FA, Mosher HS The Bushman arrow toxin, Diamphidia toxin: isolation from pupae of Diamphidia nigro-ornata (English) // Toxicon : journal. - Elsevier , 1984. - Vol. 22 , no. 6 . - P. 937-946 . - DOI : 10.1016 / 0041-0101 (84) 90185-5 . - PMID 6523515 . (eng.)