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Genus: | Andakhudukia Alexeev, 2008 |
Species: | A. ponomarenkoi |
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Andakhudukia ponomarenkoi Alexeev, 2008 | |
Andakhudukia ponomarenkoi is a fossil species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Andakhudukia. [1] The fossil was originally found in Mongolia, and the genus is named after the locality where it was found, Anda-Khuduk. [2]
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