Pyrochroa

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Pyrochroa
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Pyrochroa serraticornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Pyrochroidae
Genus: Pyrochroa
Geoffroy, 1762

Pyrochroa is a genus of cardinal beetle in the family Pyrochroidae. There are at least two described species in Pyrochroa. [1]

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Pyrochroa serraticornis

Species

These two species belong to the genus Pyrochroa:

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References

  1. "Pyrochroa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-26.