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Discheramocephalus

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Discheramocephalus is a genus of feather-winged beetles, the smallest beetles on earth, first found in Cameroon. It was originally described in 2007 as a monotypic genus (only a single known species). Six additional species were added in 2008, and two were added in 2013.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyPtiliidae

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Discheramocephalus is a genus of feather-winged beetles, the smallest beetles on earth, first found in Cameroon. It was originally described in 2007 as a monotypic genus (only a single known species). Six additional species were added in 2008, and two were added in 2013.

== Species == Discheramocephalus bisulcatus Darby, 2013 Discheramocephalus brucei Grebennikov, 2008 Discheramocephalus elisabethae Grebennikov, 2008 Discheramocephalus jarmilae Grebennikov, 2008 Discheramocephalus mikaeli Grebennikov, 2008 Discheramocephalus minutissimus Grebennikov, 2008 Discheramocephalus semisulcatus Johnson, 2007 Discheramocephalus stewarti Grebennikov, 2008 Discheramocephalus vasilii Darby, 2013

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