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Flying Saucer Beetles
Lepidochora
Lepidochora is a genus of darkling beetles endemic to Namibia commonly known as the flying saucer beetles. They have been observed digging trenches on sand dunes and returning to collect water condensation that collected in the trenches during a fog.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lepidochora discoidalis
speciesLepidochora discoidalis
Lepidochora kahani
speciesLepidochora kahani
Lepidochora eberlanzi
speciesLepidochora eberlanzi
Lepidochora porti
speciesLepidochora porti
Lepidochora nocturna
speciesLepidochora nocturna
Lepidochora diaphana
speciesLepidochora diaphana
Lepidochora pilosa
speciesLepidochora pilosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Lepidochora in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 83535.