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Colon
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Colon

Colon is a genus of round fungus beetles in the family Leiodidae. There are at least 80 described species in Colon.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Myloechus

subgenusMyloechus

Colon

subgenusColon

Striatocolon

subgenusStriatocolon

Eurycolon

subgenusEurycolon

Chiloecolon

subgenusChiloecolon

Platycolon

subgenusPlatycolon

Desmidocolon

subgenusDesmidocolon

Tricolon

subgenusTricolon

Chelicolon

subgenusChelicolon

Mesagyrtes

subgenusMesagyrtes

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Colon in Le tableau des riches inventions couvertes du voile des feintes amoureuses, qui sont représentées dans le Songe de Poliphile

Le tableau des riches inventions couvertes du voile des feintes amoureuses, qui sont représentées dans le Songe de Poliphile

Béroalde de Verville, François · 1600 · p.262

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 174261.