Cheilonycha | |
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Cheilonycha auripennis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Tribe: | Cicindelini |
Subtribe: | Dromicina |
Genus: | Cheilonycha Lacordaire, 1842 |
Cheilonycha is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least three described species in Cheilonycha. [1] [2]
These three species belong to the genus Cheilonycha:
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