Fire-coloured beetle

Japanese: fire-coloured beetle(英語表記)firecolouredbeetle
Fire-coloured beetle

…Including the cardinal beetle, many beetles in this family have red wings and black bodies. For this reason, the English name is cardinal beetle or fire-coloured beetle. The antennae are comb-shaped, and the teeth of the comb are particularly long in males. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "fire-coloured beetle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アカハネムシを含めて,この科には上翅のみが赤色で,体が黒色のものが少なくない。このため英名もcardinal beetleまたはfire‐coloured beetleである。触角は櫛(くし)形で,とくに雄では櫛の歯にあたる部分が長い。…

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