Parena | |
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Parena nigrolineata, China | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
Tribe: | Lebiini |
Subtribe: | Metallicina |
Genus: | Parena Motschulsky, 1860 |
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These 63 species belong to the genus Parena: [2]
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