| Galerita bicolor | |
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| A killed specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Galerita |
| Species: | G. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Galerita bicolor Drury, 1773 | |
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