Asidoptera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Buprestidae |
Tribe: | Dicercini |
Genus: | Asidoptera Obenberger, 1923 |
Species: | A. monstruosa |
Binomial name | |
Asidoptera monstruosa (Kerremans, 1908) | |
Asidoptera monstruosa is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae, the only species in the genus Asidoptera. [1] [2]
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