Cladodes

Genus of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cladodes is a genus of firefly beetles.

In botany, "Cladodes" may refer to a synonym of the genus Alchornea or to the plural of "cladode".
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Cladodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Lampyrinae
Genus: Cladodes
Solier[verification needed], 1849
Synonyms

Nyctocrepis Motschulsky, 1853 Rhipidophorus Solier in Gay, 1849 (non Gistl, 1847: preoccupied)

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It used to be included in the subfamily Amydetinae, which is probably a highly artificial paraphyletic assemblage however. Thus, the genus is moved to the Lampyrinae for the time being.

Species within this genus include:

  • Cladodes flabellatus Solier in Gay, 1849
  • Cladodes malleri Pic, 1935

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