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Horia
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Horia

Horia is a genus of beetles in the family Meloidae. They are placed in a tribe Horiini which includes two other genera Synhoria and Cissites.

Some species in the genus live in the nests of Xylocopa bees, where they are parasitoids of the brood. Horia maculata was introduced to Hawaii to control Xylocopa but the beetles did not establish a stable population.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Horia debyi

speciesHoria debyi

Horia fabriciana

speciesHoria fabriciana

Horia blairi

speciesHoria blairi

Horia gahani

speciesHoria gahani

Horia nitida

speciesHoria nitida

Horia mira

speciesHoria mira

Horia roepkei

speciesHoria roepkei

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Horia in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.406

Horia in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.418

Horia in Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.468

Horia in History of Rare Plants

History of Rare Plants

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.462

Horia in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.283

Horia in Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Nature of Plants

Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Nature of Plants

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.45

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Horia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489027.