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| Brachypsectra adult male (top) and female (bottom) | |
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| Larva of Brachypsectra in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Brachypsectridae LeConte and Horn, 1883 |
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The Brachypsectridae are a family of beetles commonly known as the Texas beetles.[1] There are only two extant genera, Brachypsectra and Asiopsectra. Brachypsectra has a cosmopolitan distribution, mostly in arid regions,[2][3] while Asiopsectra is found in Central Asia and the Middle East.
- ^ Arnett, R.H., Jr. 1962. The beetles of the United States. A manual for identification. Catholic University of America Press, Washington, D.C. xi + 1055 pp. Brachypsectridae: p. 529-530; fig. 1.521.
- ^ Costa, C.; Vanin, S.A.; Lawrence, J.F.; Ide, S.; Branham, M.A. 2006. Review of the family Brachypsectridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99: 409-432.
- ^ Lawrence, John F.; Monteith, Geoffrey B.; Reid, Chris A.M. (2020-02-28). "A new Brachypsectra LeConte from Australia (Coleoptera: Brachypsectridae) with comparative notes on adults and larvae". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.02. ISSN 1807-0205. S2CID 214712551.
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