Ctenostoma

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Ctenostoma
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Ctenostoma, Brazil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Ctenostomatini
Genus: Ctenostoma
Klug, 1821
Subgenera
  • Ctenostoma Klug, 1821
  • Euctenostoma Naviaux, 1998
  • Microprocephalus Naviaux, 1998
  • Myrmecilla Lacordaire, 1843
  • Naviauxiana Erwin, 2007
  • Neoprocephalus Naviaux, 1998
  • Paractenostoma Naviaux, 1998
  • Salvioides Naviaux, 1998

Ctenostoma is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 120 described species in Ctenostoma. [1] [2]

Species

These 122 species belong to the genus Ctenostoma:

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References

  1. "Ctenostoma Klug, 1821". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.