Cregya

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Cregya
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Cregya oculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cleridae
Genus: Cregya
LeConte, 1861

Cregya is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are over 100 described species in Cregya. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Cregya Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. Opitz, Weston. 2019. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part XV. Taxonomic revision of the new world genus Cregya Leconte. Faunitaxys 7(15): 1-126.