Bennigsenium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Bennigsenium
W.Horn, 1897

Bennigsenium is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 11 described species in Bennigsenium, found in Africa.[1][2][3]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Bennigsenium:

  • Bennigsenium basilewskyi (Cassola, 1978) (Ethiopia)
  • Bennigsenium bodongi (W.Horn, 1914) (Mozambique)
  • Bennigsenium discoscriptum (W.Horn, 1914) (Tanzania and Zambia)
  • Bennigsenium grossabreve (W.Horn, 1914) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Bennigsenium grossesculptum Cassola & Werner, 2003 (Tanzania)
  • Bennigsenium hauseranum (W.Horn, 1905) (Africa)
  • Bennigsenium insperatum (Kolbe in W.Horn, 1915) (Kenya, Tanzania)
  • Bennigsenium ismenioides (W.Horn, 1913) (Tanzania)
  • Bennigsenium kakonkianum Cassola & Miskell, 2001 (Tanzania)
  • Bennigsenium planicorne W.Horn, 1897 (Africa)
  • Bennigsenium unciferum Cassola & Werner, 2003 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

References

  1. โ†‘ "Bennigsenium W.Horn, 1897". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. โ†‘ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
  3. โ†‘ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.


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