Gymnetis rhaegali
Appearance
Gymnetis rhaegali | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Gymnetis |
Species: | G. rhaegali
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Binomial name | |
Gymnetis rhaegali Ratcliffe, 2018
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Gymnetis rhaegali is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, named after the dragon Rhaegal in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Ratcliffe, B.C. (2018) A Monographic Revision of the Genus Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 31: 1-250.