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Encephalus
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Encephalus

Encephalus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia, New Zealand and North America.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Encephalus complicans

speciesEncephalus complicans

Encephalus americanus

speciesEncephalus americanus

Encephalus latulus

speciesEncephalus latulus

Encephalus zealandicus

speciesEncephalus zealandicus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 376268.