Pyrota akhurstiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Meloidae |
Genus: | Pyrota |
Species: | P. akhurstiana |
Binomial name | |
Pyrota akhurstiana Horn, 1891 | |
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