Actinopteryx
Sign in to saveActinopteryx is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae which is sometimes referred to as feather-winged beetles as the hindwings are narrow and feather-like.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Ptiliidae
- Collections
- SAM, FMNH, NMV, SAMA, QM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, United States, Australia, Trinidad And Tobago, New Caledonia
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Actinopteryx is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Ptiliidae which is sometimes referred to as feather-winged beetles as the hindwings are narrow and feather-like.
==External links== Taxon: Genus Actinopteryx Matthews, the Taxonomicon.
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