Phaeoxantha cruciata

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Phaeoxantha cruciata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Phaeoxantha
Species:
P. cruciata
Binomial name
Phaeoxantha cruciata
(Brullé, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Megacephala cruciataBrullé, 1837

Phaeoxantha cruciata is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Brulle in 1837. [1] The species is common in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. [2]

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References

  1. "Phaeoxantha cruciata".
  2. Moravec, J., Dheurle, C. (2023) Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision of the Neotropical genus Phaeoxantha Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).Zootaxa 5386 (1): 1–83. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5386.1.1