Lamellipalpodes
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| Lamellipalpodes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Lamellipalpodes Maulik, 1921 |
Lamellipalpodes is a genus of firefly beetles in the family Lampyridae. Species are distributed in India, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Species of Lamellipalpodes are known to possess striking morphological features. Males of these genera have morphologically distinct maxillary and labial palps bearing long paddle-like terminal palpomeres which are 5–11 times longer than the penultimate palpomeres. The genus is closely related to Lamellipalpus,[7] the members of which have considerably larger mandibles.