Muisca togata is a species of checkered beetle in the family Cleridae. It is known from Brazil.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Genus: | Muisca |
| Species: | M. togata
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| Binomial name | |
| Muisca togata (Chevrolat, 1874)
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This genus is named after the Muisca from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in central Colombia.[3]
In research published in 2018, the species Cregya cylindricollis (Peracchi), and so Muisca cylindricollis, was synonymized with Muisca togata (Chevrolat).[1][2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "GBIF, Muisca". Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ (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
Bibliography
edit- Peracchi, Adriano Lúcio (1964), "Dois novos géneros e uma nova espêcie de Enopliinae do Brasil (Coleoptera, Cleridae)" (PDF), Anais do II Congresso Latino-Americano de Zoologia, I: 115–123, retrieved 2017-01-18
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