Phaeoxantha laminata

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Phaeoxantha laminata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Phaeoxantha
Species:
P. laminata
Binomial name
Phaeoxantha laminata
(Perty, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Megacephala laminataPerty, 1830
  • Megacephala limataPerty, 1833 (Missp.)
  • Megacephala asperulaWestwood, 1852
  • Megacephala brevisWestwood, 1852 (Unav.)
  • Megacephala brevipennisWestwood, 1852 (Unav.)

Phaeoxantha laminata is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Perty in 1830, and can be found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. Its species name has frequently been misspelled as limata. [1]

References

  1. 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