Ant-like cuckoo beetles - Ant-like cuckoo beetles

...Both adults and larvae are carnivorous, and many of them are beneficial natural enemies of wood beetles, such as the white-banded cuckoo beetle, the ant-like cuckoo beetle Thanasimus lewisi (illustration), and the red-breasted ant-like cuckoo beetle T. substriatus . Adult ant-like cuckoo beetles are found on the trunks of dead coniferous trees, and at first glance they look like red mountain ants with their strongly constricted thorax and red and white horizontal stripes on a black background. They are about 8 mm long. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "ant-like cuckoo beetles" is listed below.

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…成虫，幼虫とも肉食性でシロオビカッコウムシ，アリモドキカッコウムシThanasimus lewisi（イラスト），ムネアカアリモドキカッコウムシT.substriatusなど，キクイムシの天敵として有益なものが多い。アリモドキカッコウムシ類の成虫は枯れた針葉樹の幹上に見られるが，強くくびれた胸部，黒地に赤と白の横縞模様は，一見アカヤマアリのように見える。体長8mm内外。…

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