Laius is a genus of soft-winged flower beetles belonging to the family Melyridae, subfamily Malachiinae.[2]

Laius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Melyridae
Subfamily: Malachiinae
Tribe: Malachiini
Genus: Laius
Guérin-Méneville, 1830[1]
Synonyms

Megadeuterus Westwood, 1833
Rotomalachius Kôno, 1937
Nossibeus Evers, 1994

Selected species

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References

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  1. ^ Cowan, C.F. (1970) The insects of the Coquille Voyage. J. Soc. Bib. Nat. Hist. 5: 358-360 (publication date for Pl. 2, containing Laius, given as 25 November 1830)
  2. ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz.