Pedilus

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Pedilus
Fire-colored Beetle - Pedalis terminalis, Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Pedilus terminalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Pyrochroidae
Subfamily: Pedilinae
Genus: Pedilus
Fischer von Waldheim, 1820

Pedilus is a genus of fire-colored beetles in the family Pyrochroidae. There are at least 20 described species in Pedilus. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Pedilus terminalis Fire-colored Beetle - Pedilus terminalis, Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Pedilus terminalis

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Pedilus:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pedilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Pedilus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. 1 2 "Pedilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. 1 2 "Pedilus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "Pedilus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

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