Haplocauda aculeata

Haplocauda aculeata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Genus:	Haplocauda
Species:	H. aculeata
Binomial name
	Haplocauda aculeata; Zeballos and Silveira, 2025

Last updated September 08, 2025

Haplocauda aculeata is a species of beetle of the family Lampyridae. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

Etymology

Aculeata is a Latin adjective meaning sting-bearing and refers to the prominent median projection of sternum VIII on the male abdomen.^[1]

References

↑ Four New Species of Haplocauda, with Notes on the Evolutionary Convergence of Copulation Clamps in Lucidotini (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae)

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[1] Four New Species of Haplocauda, with Notes on the Evolutionary Convergence of Copulation Clamps in Lucidotini (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae)

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