''Dendroxena'' is a genus of beetles in the family
Silphidae
Silphidae is a family of beetles that are known commonly as large carrion beetles, carrion beetles or burying beetles. There are two subfamilies: Silphinae and Nicrophorinae. Nicrophorines are sometimes known as sexton beetles. The number of ...
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The genus was described in 1858 by
Victor Motschulsky
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky (sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, russian: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested i ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution.
Synonym: ''Xylodrepa'' Thomson, 1859.
Species:
* ''
Dendroxena quadrimaculata''
(Scopoli, 1771)
References
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3022424
Silphidae
Beetle genera