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creation date / 2005 / May
- Notoxidae, Ischaliidae
- ant-like flower beetles, ant-like beetles
- Blütenmulmkäfer, Blumenkäfer
- mitriavabaliai
- ložņvaboļu dzimta
- nakwiatkowate
Adult beetles are omnivorous, being known to consume small arthropods, pollen, fungi, and whatever else they can find. Some species are of interest as biological control agents, as they can eat the eggs or larvae of pests. Larvae are either omnivorous, predators, or fungus-eaters; the young of one species of Notoxus have been observed boring into sweet potato tubers.
Their heads constrict just in front of the pronotum, forming a neck, and the posterior end of the pronotum is usually narrow as well. Legs and antennae are slender, heightening the ant-like appearance, and the body is sparsely covered with small hairs, called setae.
Many members of the family are attracted to cantharidin, which they seem to accumulate and that deters possible predators.
Kūnas cilindriškas, siauras. Priešnugarėlė žymiai siauresnė už antsparnius. Kai kurių rūšių priešnugarėlė su rago formos išauga. Galva nukreipta į priekį ir nėra prigludusi prie prieškrūtinio. Lervos vystosi įvairiose pūvančiose augalų liekanose liekanose, miško paklotėje, po akmenimis, skruzdėlynuose. Lietuvoje – apie 10 rūšių. Dažnesnė rūšis – vienaragis mitravabalis (Notoxus monoceros).