Phaeoxantha wimmeri

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Phaeoxantha wimmeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Phaeoxantha
Species:
P. wimmeri
Binomial name
Phaeoxantha wimmeri
(Mandl  [ de ], 1958)
Synonyms

Megacephala wimmeriMandl, 1958

Phaeoxantha wimmeri is a brown coloured species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Mandl in 1958, and is endemic to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [1]

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References

  1. "Phaeoxantha wimmeri (Mandl 1958)".