Discheramocephalus brucei
| Discheramocephalus brucei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ptiliidae |
| Genus: | Discheramocephalus |
| Species: | D. brucei
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| Binomial name | |
| Discheramocephalus brucei Grebennikov, 2007
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Discheramocephalus brucei is a species of feather-winged beetle, the smallest beetles on earth, first found in Cameroon.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Grebennikov, Vasily V. "How small you can go: Factors limiting body miniaturization in winged insects with a review of the pantropical genus Discheramocephalus and description of six new species of the smallest beetles (Pterygota: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)." European Journal of Entomology105.2 (2008): 313.
Further reading[edit]
- Grebennikov, Vasily V. "Discheramocephalini, a new pantropical tribe of featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae): description of new taxa and phylogenetic analysis." Systematic Entomology 34.1 (2009): 113–136.
- Grebennikov, Vasily V., and Richard AB Leschen. "External exoskeletal cavities in Coleoptera and their possible mycangial functions." Entomological Science 13.1 (2010): 81–98.
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