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Eugeusis sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/27502715@N03/3760883440/in/photostream/

Habitat:

rain forest

Reference Links:

A Net Winged Beetle? | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Species ID Suggestions

Palpator Ototretine Firefly

Eugeusis palpator Westwood, 1853

Reference Link
Elaphrornis
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Comments (2)
Elaphrornis
In addition to the Flickr photo referred to above see also the following where a photo of a specimen of Eugeusis palpator was initially misidentified as a species of Lycidae; it is not, it belongs to the subfamily Ototretinae in the family Lampyridae (fireflies): https://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=187399

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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

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PublishedNovember 13, 2014

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