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Amecomycter

Amecomycter is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The six known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

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Amecomycter
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Mauroniscidae
Genus: Amecomycter
Majer, 1995

Amecomycter is a genus of beetles in the family Mauroniscidae, historically included in the family Melyridae. The six known species of this genus are found in South America in the countries of Argentina, Chile, and Peru.1

Species

  • Amecomycter argentinus (Pic, 1928)
  • Amecomycter bicoloripennis (Pic, 1928)
  • Amecomycter crassus Majer, 1995
  • Amecomycter pallidicolor (Pic, 1910)
  • Amecomycter rugicollis Majer, 1995
  • Amecomycter vitticollis Majer, 1995
References

References

  1. Majer, K. (1995) Revision of the family Mauroniscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 57(3): 57–89.