Ectinothorax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Harpalinae |
Tribe: | Harpalini |
Subtribe: | Harpalina |
Genus: | Ectinothorax Alluaud, 1941 |
Ectinothorax is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about six described species in Ectinothorax, found in Madagascar. [1] [2]
These six species belong to the genus Ectinothorax:
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