Dystaxia (genus)
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Dystaxia is a genus of beetle
s in the family Schizopodidae
, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Schizopodidae
Schizopodidae
Schizopodidae is a family of beetles, in the large suborder Polyphaga, containing the following three genera:* Dystaxia LeConte, 1866* †Electrapate Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1962* Glyptoscelimorpha Horn, 1893* Schizopus LeConte, 1858...
, containing the following species:
- Dystaxia elegans Fall, 1905
- Dystaxia murrayi LeConte, 1866