Megaporus
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 107
- Family
- Dytiscidae
- Collections
- NMV, TMAG, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dytiscidae
- Image
- Megaporus howittii HabitusDors.jpg
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Megaporus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae.
== Description == Species of the genus Megaporus can be distinguished as sub-cylindrical with a body that narrows towards the abdominal apex. With a pear shaped head that tapers posteriorly but not constricted at the occipital level suture.
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