Caenocara

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Caenocara
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Caenocara discoidale
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae
Tribe: Dorcatomini
Genus: Caenocara
Thomson, 1859

Caenocara is a genus of beetles in the family Ptinidae. Members of this genus are sometimes called puffball beetles. [1]

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References

  1. Caenocara. Atlas of Living Australia.