Clytrasoma is a genus of leaf-beetles with several species in tropical Asia and Africa. The antennae are 11 or 12 segmented and are pectinate. Like other Clytrini, the body of the beetles is very cylindrical in females and widened in males and usually are brightly patterned in red or yellow and black. Little is known about their biology but they are thought to be myrmecophiles as a pupa and an adult of C. maschwitzi was found in the nest of a Camponotus ant species. Several other Clytrine beetles have been found in the nests of Camponotus.
Species in the genus include: Clytrasoma balyi = distinguendum (Baly, 1865) - Malaysia, Penang Clytrasoma bistripunctatum - Malaysia, Sabah, Sandakan Clytrasoma palliatum - India, Sri Lanka, Birma, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, China (South) Clytrasoma laysi - Philippines Clytrasoma maschwitzi - Malaysia Clytrasoma brivioi - India Clytrasoma celebensis - Indonesia, Sulawesi, Toli Toli Clytrasoma cconformis - Kashmir, Punjab, Bengal = var. octomaculatum - Himalaya Clytrasoma laosensis - Laos Clytrasoma mediofasciatum - Philippines Clytrasoma mohamedsaidi - East Malaysia, Sabah, Crocker Range Clytrasoma nathani - India Clytrasoma tonkineum - Vietnam (North and South) Subgenus Clytromorpha - Afrotropical Clytrasoma aequinoctialis - Guinea Clytrasoma annulipes - Benin Clytrasoma connectens - Togo Clytrasoma decumanum - Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Republic Congo Clytrasoma militaris - Togo, Benin
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