Nimbus | |
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Nimbus contaminatus, Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
Genus: | Nimbus Mulsant & Rey, 1869 |
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