Fire-coloured beetle
Fire-coloured beetles | |
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Pyrochroa coccinea female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
Family: | Pyrochroidae Latreille, 1807 |
Subfamilies | |
Agnathinae |
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Fire-coloured beetles are the beetles of the Pyrochroidae family, which includes the red cardinal beetles. This family contains some 150 species. Many species in the subfamily Pyrochroinae have comb- or antler-like antennae. This family also now includes most former members of the defunct family Pedilidae.
Lifespan 3-6 months
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