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Heterotemna simplicicornis | |
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Genus: | Heterotemna Wollaston, 1864 |
Heterotemna is a genus of carrion beetles in the tribe Silphini. Species in this genus are native to the Canary Islands. [1] It contains the following species: [2]
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