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Margarinotus
Sign in to saveMargarinotus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 110 described species in Margarinotus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyHisteridae
Observations456
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 124
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Histeridae
- Collections
- DMNS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMMNHS
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Histeridae
- Image
- Histeridae - Margarinotus brunneus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Margarinotus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Margarinotus
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Margarinotus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are at least 110 described species in Margarinotus.
This genus is mainly characterized by several characters of the male genitalia. Most species may be distinguished by the emarginate outline of the anterior margin of the mesosternum and by the complete inner subhumeral striae on elytra.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margarinotus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.