Hyperstoma
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| Hyperstoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Ototretinae |
| Genus: | Hyperstoma Wittmer, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| Hyperstoma marginata Wittmer, 1979 | |
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Hyperstoma is a genus of firefly beetles in the family Lampyridae.[1] The genus was considered Monotypic until a second species was described in 2011.[2] The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]
The genus is closely related to the genera Lamellipalpus and Lamellipalpodes due to having fused terminal and penultimate terga.[4][5][6]
