Ipelates | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Agyrtidae |
Genus: | Ipelates Reitter, 1885 |
Ipelates is a genus of primitive carrion beetles in the family Agyrtidae. There are at least four described species in Ipelates. [1] [2] [3]
Agyrtidae, or primitive carrion beetles, are a small family of polyphagan beetles They are found in mostly temperate areas of the northern hemisphere and in New Zealand. They feed on decaying organic material.
These four species belong to the genus Ipelates:
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Paleophaedon is an extinct genus of chrysomeline leaf beetle described from the late Eocene Rovno amber of Ukraine. It was named by Konstantin Nadein and Evgeny Perkovsky in 2010, and the type species is Paleophaedon minutus.
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Paranthidium is a genus of bees in the family Megachilidae. There are at least four described species in Paranthidium.
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