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Fire-coloured beetle

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Fire coloured beetles
Pyrochroa coccinea female
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Pyrochroidae
Subfamilies

Agnathinae
Pedilinae
Pilipalpinae
Pyrochroinae
Tydessinae

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.