Ogyges (beetle)

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
Ogyges
Ogyges championi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Passalidae
Genus: Ogyges
Kaup, 1871
Synonyms
  • Proculejoides Kuwert, 1896
  • Oxyges Wytsman, 1884

Ogyges is a genus of beetles in the family Passalidae.[1][2] The genus is distributed in Meso-America, from Mexico to Nicaragua.[2]

Ogyges are flightless and saproxylophagous.[2]

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