Muisca togata

Muisca togata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Cleridae
Genus: Muisca
Species:
M. togata
Binomial name
Muisca togata
(Chevrolat, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Muisca cylindricollis Peracchi, 1962
  • Paracregya cylindricollis Peracchi, 1962
  • Cregya cylindricollis Peracchi, 1962

Muisca togata is a species of checkered beetle in the family Cleridae. It is known from Brazil.

This genus is named after the Muisca from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in central Colombia.

In research published in 2018, the species Cregya cylindricollis (Peracchi), and so Muisca cylindricollis, was synonymized with Muisca togata (Chevrolat).

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References

  1. 1 2 Opitz, Weston (2018). "Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Muisca SPINOLA in Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of the Subfamily Peloniinae OPITZ (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae)". Linzer biologische Beiträge. 50. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. 1 2 "GBIF, Muisca". Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ↑ (in French) Maresq, 1860 Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle ou Traité complet de cette science, d'après les travaux des naturalistes les plus éminents de tous les pays et de toutes les époques: Coléoptères, Volumes 1-3 - p. 258

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