Hyperstoma
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Hyperstoma is a genus of firefly beetles in the family Lampyridae. The genus was considered Monotypic until a second species was described in 2011. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Hyperstoma is a genus of firefly beetles in the family Lampyridae. The genus was considered Monotypic until a second species was described in 2011. The genus is endemic to Sri Lanka. ==Taxonomy== The genus is closely related to the genera Lamellipalpus and Lamellipalpodes due to having fused terminal and penultimate terga. ==Description== Body length is about 5 to 5.5 mm. ==Species== Hyperstoma marginatum Wittmer, 1979 Hyperstoma wittmeri Janisova and Bocakova, 2011 ==References==
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