''Dicranolaius bellulus'' (common name - Red and blue beetle) is a species of

soft-winged flower beetle Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...

in the family

Melyridae Melyridae (common name: soft-winged flower beetles) are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. Description Most are elongate-oval, soft-bodied beetles 10 mm long or less. Many are brightly patterned in black and brown, yellow, ...

, found in

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, in all mainland states and territories. It was first (partially) described in 1830 by

Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, also known as F. E. Guerin, (12 October 1799, in Toulon – 26 January 1874, in Paris) was a French entomologist. Life and work Guérin-Méneville changed his surname from Guérin in 1836. He was the author of ...

as ''Malachius bellulus'' with the publication ot illustrations. ext; Zoologie 2(2), Division 1(plates 1 and 2 of “Insectes” published in 1830; text in 1838). However, Guérin-Méneville completed the description with the publication of a text in 1838. Consequently, the

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considers the first valid publication to be that of

Jean Baptiste Boisduval Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

in 1835 (as ''Malachius bellulus''). Taxonomic reasons for the various synonyms are given in a 2017 paper by Liu, Slipinski and Pang.

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''Dicranolaius bellulus'' occurrence data
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