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Lycoperdina bovistae
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Lycoperdina bovistae

Lycoperdina bovistae is a rare species beetle found in Great Britain.

The species takes its name from the puffball genus of mushrooms Lycoperdon, inside of which these beetles have been found living and breeding. They can be found in other species of fungi as well. The species has been known since the late 1800s.

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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 854837.