Talk:Drilini

Cleaning Up Suggestions

This article could use some significant cleaning up. (I'm quite new to Wiki-editing, so I won't be taking immediate action myself, though I may return in due time to make some changes.) Of particular note to me:

• the genus Selasia is mentioned in the article, but not in the list of genera
• males are described as looking like "normal bugs" which is both extremely vague and incorrect, as the term "bug" does not apply to Coleopterans
• females are described as resembling caterpillars, which again is misleading, as the term caterpillar refers exclusively to Lepidoptera

What this article means to say is that adult males are fully winged, while adult females are larviform, resembling and often difficult to distinguish from the immatures.

It should also be clarified that the size range given of 3 to 30 millimeters refers only to the adult males. Larviform females may be several inches in length. (My university's collection has one that I would estimate to be approximately 3 inches/8cm.)

EntoSheaffer (talk) 15:50, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

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