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Phaeoxantha bifasciata

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Species of beetle

Phaeoxantha bifasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Phaeoxantha
Species: P. bifasciata
Binomial name
Phaeoxantha bifasciata
(Brullé, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Megacephala aequinoctialis Dejean, 1825 (Misid.)
  • Megacephala bifasciata Brullé, 1837
  • Megacephala quinoctialis v. Frontalis Dejean, 1837 (Nom. Nud.)
  • Tetracha Aequinoxialis Thomson, 1857 (Missp.)
  • Tetracha Ephippium Thomson, 1857 (Nom. Nud.)
  • Megacephala ab. obscura Dokhtouroff, 1882 (Preocc.)
  • Phaeoxantha puberula Chaudoir, 1865 (Nom. Nud.)

Phaeoxantha bifasciata is a species of tiger beetle in the subfamily Cicindelinae that was described by Brullé in 1837, though for most of the past 200 years it has erroneously been recognized under the name aequinoctialis, a name based on a misidentified bombardier beetle (Pheropsophus aequinoctialis). The species is found in South American countries like Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ Moravec, J., Dheurle, C. (2023) Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision of the Neotropical genus Phaeoxantha Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).Zootaxa 5386 (1): 1–83. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5386.1.1
Taxon identifiers
Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis
Megacephala aequinoctialis
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