Sericoda

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Ground beetles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Genus: Sericoda
Kirby, 1837
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Sericoda is a genus of ground beetles. They are pyrophilous, meaning that they are attracted by burned areas of forest, where they are found in large numbers the summer following the fires, after which their numbers decrease.