Poecilomorpha passerinii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Megalopodidae |
| Genus: | Poecilomorpha |
| Species: | P. passerinii
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| Binomial name | |
| Poecilomorpha passerinii Hope, 1841
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Poecilomorpha passerinii is a species of beetle of the Megalopodidae family. This species is found in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.
Adults reach a length of about 6.4–7.1 mm. The head and antennae are black, while the mandibles, labium, maxilla, thorax and abdomen are orange. The pronotal disc is brown and the elytra is iridescent, varying from blue to green.[1]