Cladodes

Cladodes is a genus of firefly beetles.

In botany, "Cladodes" may refer to a synonym of the genus Alchornea or to the plural of "cladode".

Cladodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Lampyridae
Subfamily:
Lampyrinae (but see text)
Genus:
Cladodes

Solier, 1849
Synonyms

Nyctocrepis Motschulsky, 1853 Rhipidophorus Solier in Gay, 1849 (non Gistl, 1847: preoccupied)

It used to be included in the subfamily Amydetinae, which is probably a highly artificial paraphyletic assemblage however. Thus, the genus is moved to the Lampyrinae for the time being.

Species within this genus include:

  • Cladodes flabellatus Solier in Gay, 1849
  • Cladodes malleri Pic, 1935

References


    Cladode A green leaf-like plant shoot.[1]

    1. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F.1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles Cambridge University Press .ISBN 0 521 04656 4
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