Leucastea

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Leucastea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Megalopodidae
Subfamily: Megalopodinae
Genus: Leucastea
Stål, 1855
Type species
Leucastea dohrni
Stål, 1855

Leucastea is a genus of beetles in the family Megalopodidae, containing the following species: [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Leucastea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M. (2018). "Checklist of the family Megalopodidae Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea); a synthesis of its diversity and distribution". Zootaxa . 4434 (2): 265–302. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.3.


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