page_title: Anthicidae
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Anthicidae / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Coleoptera Anthicidae. Anthelephila cyanea. Renamed from Formicomus caerulea. An inoffensive small beetle, locally common, often taken for an ant by non-biologists.
context_page_description: The Anthicidae are a family of beetles that resemble ants. They are sometimes called ant-like flower beetles or ant-like beetles. The family comprises over 3,500 species in about 100 genera.
context_section_description: 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 setae.
caption: Members of the genus Anthelephila are ant-like in superficial appearance.
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