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Lepicerus
Sign in to saveLepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils. Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.
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Vinony's link graph records 651 inbound references to Lepicerus, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
It is catalogued under topics including Myxophaga, Myxophaga genera and Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Lepiceridae
- Collections
- FMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Myanmar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lepiceridae
- Image
- Lepicerus inaequalis.jpg
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- Lepicerus
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- Category:Lepicerus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Extinct Lepiceridae genera
- References
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Lepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils. Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.
==Species== Lepicerus bufo Lepicerus inaequalis Lepicerus pichilingue
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