| Diaphonia | |
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| Diaphonia luteola | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Schizorhinini |
| Subtribe: | Schizorhinina |
| Genus: | Diaphonia Newman, 1840 |
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These 10 species belong to the genus Diaphonia: [2] [3]
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