Clapar (Hycleus biundulatus)

Clapar (Hycleus biundulatus) is a species of animal in Meloidae, a bottle-shaped body, length 15.4-32.8 mm, black with red features, shiny, black-haired, anterior wings overlapping the dorsal abdomen, flighty, short and exposed stomachs and eaters of flowers or other plant parts.

H. biundulatus has a round head, a black body full of short hair, black eyes, a pair of broad black antennae with thickened and curved ends. The legs are black, each has three joints, decorated with thorns and the tip has two additional stems.



The wing has a pair of covers, split to the side with a hinge at the base to bring up the wings, flying heavy only a short distance for a few seconds and colored black. Two horizontal lines, red, wavy and two or four large round near the neck.

Clapar communal life in a large group. Adults eat flowers from various plants by flying from one part to another. Active larvae walk along branches to prey on soft insects such as aphids.

TAXON

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Meloidae
Subfamily: Meloinae
Tribe: Mylabrini
Genus: Hycleus Latreille (1817
Species: Hycleus biundulatus Pallas (1782)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Meloe pustulams Thunberg (1791)
Mylabris pustulata Olivier (1795)
Mylabris humeralis Walker 1858)

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Clapar
Indonesia: Clapar
Java: Clapar

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