| Megatomini | |
|---|---|
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| Megatoma undata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Subfamily: | Megatominae |
| Tribe: | Megatomini Ganglbauer, 1904 |
The Megatomini are a tribe of insects in the family Dermestidae. [1]
The tribe was first classified by William Elford Leach in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1815. [2]
William Elford Leach FRS was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
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