Poecilomorpha

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Poecilomorpha
Clytraxeloma cyanipennis.jpg
Poecilomorpha cyanipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Megalopodidae
Subfamily: Megalopodinae
Genus: Poecilomorpha
Hope, 1840
Type species
Poecilomorpha passerini
Hope, 1840
Synonyms [1]

Clythraxeloma Kraatz, 1879

Poecilomorpha is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae, containing the following species: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa . 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.
  2. ↑ "Poecilomorpha". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 April 2021.


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