Global InformationSeaweed darkling beetle information
| Seaweed darkling beetle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Chaerodes |
| Species: | C. trachyscelides
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaerodes trachyscelides White, 1846
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The seaweed darkling beetle (Chaerodes trachyscelides),[1] also known by its Māori name pāpapa, is a flightless, nocturnal beetle found on sandy beaches in New Zealand.[2]
- ^ "Chaerodes trachyscelides". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Beetle, Seaweed Darkling". www.marinelife.ac.nz. Retrieved 2 April 2019.