Amphecostephanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Mantodea |
Family: | Chroicopteridae |
Subfamily: | Chroicopterinae |
Genus: | Amphecostephanus Rehn, 1912 |
Species: | A. rex |
Binomial name | |
Amphecostephanus rex Rehn, 1912 | |
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