Lepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils.[1][2] Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.
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| Lepicerus inaequalis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Myxophaga |
| Superfamily: | Lepiceroidea Hinton, 1936 |
| Family: | Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 |
| Genus: | Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855 |
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Species
- Lepicerus bufo (Hinton, 1936)
- Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky, 1855
- Lepicerus pichilingue Flowers, Shepard & Troya, 2010
Three additional species are known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) as inclusions in Burmese amber from Myanmar.
- †Lepicerus georissoides (Kirejtshuk and Poinar, 2006) [3]
- †Lepicerus mumia Jałoszyński & Yamamoto, 2017 [4]
- †Lepicerus pretiosus (Kirejtshuk and Poinar, 2013)[5]
Extinct Lepiceridae genera
- †Lepiceratus Jałoszyński et al. 2020[2] Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
References
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