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Cyphochilus

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Cyphochilus is a genus of beetles with unusually bright white scales that cover the whole exoskeleton. Cyphochilus inhabit Southeast Asia.

Species

Large White Cockchafer

species

FamilyOrchidaceae
Observations486

Cyphochilus is een geslacht van orchideeën uit de onderfamilie Epidendroideae. Het zijn zeer zeldzame, weinig bekende epifytische orchideeën, endemisch voor de regenwouden van Nieuw-Guinea.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
Family
Scarabaeidae
Collections
YPM, CMN, USNM, NHMUK, TAMU
Recorded in
China, Laos, Vietnam

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Parent taxon
Melolonthini
Image
Cyphochilus beetles.jpg
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Cyphochilus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Etymology
  • External morphology
  • Ecology
  • Inspired materials
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Cyphochilus is a genus of beetles with unusually bright white scales that cover the whole exoskeleton. Cyphochilus inhabit Southeast Asia.

== Etymology == Probably the same etymology as the former Cyphochilus orchid: from the Greek kyphos meaning "bent" and cheilos meaning "lip", because of the reflexed lip.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cyphochilus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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