Tomoxia

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Tomoxia
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Tomoxia bucephala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Mordellidae
Tribe: Mordellini
Genus: Tomoxia
Costa, 1854

Tomoxia is a genus of beetles in the family Mordellidae, containing the following species: [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Mordellidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University, archived from the original on 7 October 2014, retrieved 8 August 2015
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