Lepicerus
Lepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils. Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.
| Lepicerus Temporal range: | |
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| Lepicerus inaequalis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Myxophaga |
| Superfamily: | Lepiceroidea Hinton, 1936 |
| Family: | Lepiceridae Hinton, 1936 |
| Genus: | Lepicerus Motschulsky, 1855 |
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