Fire-coloured beetle
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| Pyrochroa coccinea female | |
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| Family: | Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807
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Fire-coloured beetles are the beetles of the Pyrochroidae family, which includes the red cardinal beetles. This family contains some 150 species. Many species in the subfamily Pyrochroinae have comb- or antler-like antennae. This family also now includes most former members of the defunct family Pedilidae.
Genera
These 21 genera belong to the family Pyrochroidae:
- Agnathus Germar, 1818 g
- Anisotria b
- Cononotus Leconte, 1851 b
- Dendroides Latreille, 1810 i c g b
- Exocalopus Broun, 1893 g
- Frontodendroidopsis Young, 2004 g
- Hemidendroides Ferrari, 1869 g
- Lithomacratria Wickham, 1914 g
- Malagaethes Pollock, 1995 g
- Neopyrochroa Blair, 1914 g b
- Palaeopyrochroa Abdullah, 1965 g
- Pedilus Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 i c g b
- Pogonoceromorphus Pic, 1921 g
- Pseudodendroides Blair, 1914 g
- Pseudodentroides g
- Pseudopyrochroa Pic, 1906 g
- Pyrochroa Müller, 1764 g
- Ranomafana Pollock, 1995 g
- Schizotus Newman, 1838 g b
- Techmessodes Broun, 1893 g
- Tydessa Peacock, 1982 g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ^ "Pyrochroidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Browse Pyrochroidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Pyrochroidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Pyrochroidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
External links
Media related to Pyrochroidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Fire-coloured beetle at Wikispecies
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