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Cucujus
Cucujus is a genus of beetles in the family Cucujidae, the flat bark beetles. It contains 14 currently recognized species and subspecies. Species of Cucujus are of moderate size (6-25mm), greatly dorso-ventrally compressed, and brightly colored, often red or red and black. Additionally, they can distinguished from other members of the family by the head being generally wider than the pronotum with prominent temples, and the elongate, inverted male genitalia with a flagellum. The genus occurs...
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cucujus haematodes species group
complexCucujus haematodes
Cucujus coccinatus
speciesCucujus coccinatus
Cucujus mniszechi
speciesCucujus mniszechi
Cucujus opacus
speciesCucujus opacus
Cucujus bicolor
speciesCucujus bicolor
Cucujus nigripennis
speciesCucujus nigripennis
Cucujus kachin
speciesCucujus kachin
Cucujus evangelium
speciesCucujus evangelium
Cucujus coloniarius
speciesCucujus coloniarius
Cucujus elongatus
speciesCucujus elongatus
Cucujus costatus
speciesCucujus costatus
Cucujus chinensis
speciesCucujus chinensis
Cucujus grouvellei
speciesCucujus grouvellei
Cucujus kempi
speciesCucujus kempi
Cucujus chuensis
speciesCucujus chuensis
Cucujus euphoria
speciesCucujus euphoria
Cucujus shennong
speciesCucujus shennong
Cucujus tibetensis
speciesCucujus tibetensis
Cucujus janatai
speciesCucujus janatai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 87746.