Castiarina michaelpowelli

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Castiarina michaelpowelli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Castiarina
Species:
C. michaelpowelli
Binomial name
Castiarina michaelpowelli
Barker, 2005

Castiarina michaelpowelli is a species of Australian beetle in the jewel beetle family, Buprestidae, described in 2005. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838". bie.ala.org.au. Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. Barker, Shelley (12 October 2005). "Nine new species of Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". Zootaxa. 1062 (1): 57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1062.1.2.