Lestignathus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Licininae |
Tribe: | Licinini |
Subtribe: | Lestignathina |
Genus: | Lestignathus Erichson, 1842 |
Synonyms | |
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Lestignathus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Lestignathus, found in Australia. [1] [2]
These four species belong to the genus Lestignathus:
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Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist.
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