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Pericoptus

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Pericoptus is a genus of large scarab beetles found in New Zealand. As many as five species are recognized.

Species

GENUS

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

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Specimen records
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Family
Scarabaeidae
Collections
USNM

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pentodontini
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Pericoptus truncatus dorsal.jpg
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taxon name
Pericoptus
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Pericoptus
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Pericoptus
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Pericoptus is a genus of large scarab beetles found in New Zealand. As many as five species are recognized.

==Species== Pericoptus frontalis Pericoptus nitidulus Pericoptus punctatus Pericoptus stupidus Pericoptus truncatus

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