Palaestes
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palaestes-324-4068198
title:
Palaestes
text:
Palaestes is a genus of beetles in the family Cucujidae. It contains eight currently recognized species. Like all members of the Cucujidae, adults are greatly dorso-ventrally compressed. All known species of Palaestes are brightly colored red or yellow and black, and the males have curiously modified mandibles that look like ice tongs; female mandibles are not modified. Palaestes shares with the Australian-New Zealand genus Platisus the character of the male genitalia, which lacks a flagellum, l
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of beetles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaestes
date created:
date modified:
2019-08-21T18:13:06Z
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13
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