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Orectochilus
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Orectochilus

Orectochilus is a genus of beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following species:...

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hairy Whirligig Beetle

speciesOrectochilus villosus

Orectochilus regimbarti

speciesOrectochilus regimbarti

Orectochilus punctipennis

speciesOrectochilus punctipennis

Orectochilus formosanus

speciesOrectochilus formosanus

Orectochilus agilis

speciesOrectochilus agilis

Orectochilus teranishii

speciesOrectochilus teranishii

Orectochilus yayeyamensis

speciesOrectochilus yayeyamensis

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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 483642.