Oxygonia | |
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Oxygonia, Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Tribe: | Cicindelini |
Subtribe: | Dromicina |
Genus: | Oxygonia Mannerheim, 1837 |
Oxygonia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Oxygonia, found in Central and South America. [1] [2]
These 21 species belong to the genus Oxygonia:
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