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Bronze Lizard Beetle

Dasydactylus cnici

Classification

Class
Insecta

Dasydactylus is an American genus in the pleasing fungus beetle family (Erotylidae). They belong to the lizard beetle tribe Languriini of subfamily Languriinae; formerly, their subfamily was considered a distinct family, and their tribe up-ranked to subfamily status, whereas some recent authors prefer to merge Languriinae into subfamily Erotylinae. The roughly 25-30 members of this genus are essentially restricted to Central America, with only one species ranging north into southernmost Texas and a few records from northern Colombia.

Distribution

(c) Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1