Peridexia

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Peridexia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Dromicina
Genus: Peridexia
Chaudoir, 1861

Peridexia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least four described species in Peridexia, found in Madagascar. [1] [2] [3]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Peridexia:

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References

  1. "Peridexia Chaudoir, 1861". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi: 10.1111/syen.12440 . S2CID   221580738.
  3. Moravec, J. (2010). "Tiger beetles of the Madagascan Region (Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Mascarenes, and other islands). Taxonomic revision of the 17 genera occurring in the region (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". Biosférická rezernace Folní Morava.