Platychile pallida | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Tribe: | Manticorini |
Genus: | Platychile Macleay, 1825 |
Species: | P. pallida |
Binomial name | |
Platychile pallida (Fabricius, 1801) | |
Synonyms | |
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Platychile pallida is a species of beetle in the family Cicindelidae, the only species in the genus Platychile. [1] [2]
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