Australodraco

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Australodraco
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Agrilinae
Tribe: Agrilini
Subtribe: Agrilina
Genus: Australodraco
Curletetti, 2006
Species:
A. muelleri
Binomial name
Australodraco muelleri
(Théry, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
  • Agrilus muelleriThéry, 1925

Australodraco muelleri [2] is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae, from New Guinea; it is the only species in the genus Australodraco. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Australodraco muelleri". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. Théry A (1925) Buprestides. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Bearbeitung der Coleopteren-Sammlung von Franklin Müller (Beitrag II.). , Entomologische Mitteilungen 14(2):162-165.
  3. Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Australodraco". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 Jun 2011.
  4. Curletti, G. (2006). "The genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 in New Guinea and nearest islands (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 13 August 2021.