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Plate-thigh Beetles
Eucinetidae
Eucinetidae is a family of beetles, notable for their large coxal plates that cover much of the first ventrite of the abdomen, sometimes called plate-thigh beetles. The family is small for beetles, with about 50 species in 11 genera, but are found worldwide.
Adults are generally elliptical in shape, ranging from 0.8 to 4.0 mm in length, and black or brown in color. The head is small and bent underneath.
6 branches of this family, most-observed first
Eucinetus
genusEucinetus
Nycteus
genusNycteus
Euscaphurus
genusEuscaphurus
Noteucinetus
genusNoteucinetus
Tohlezkus
genusTohlezkus
Eucilodes
genusEucilodes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173492.