Tylcus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cerambycidae |
Genus: | Tylcus |
Species: | T. hartwegii |
Binomial name | |
Tylcus hartwegii (White, 1855) | |
Tylcus hartwegii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Tylcus. [1]
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