Byrsax macleayi
| Byrsax macleayi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Bolitophagini |
| Genus: | Byrsax |
| Species: | B. macleayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Byrsax macleayi Pascoe, 1866
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Byrsax macleayi is a species of darkling beetle in the subfamily Tenebrioninae, and the tribe Bolitophagini.[1]
It was first described in 1866 by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe.[1][2] The species epithet, macleayi, honours Alexander Macleay who had sent him the specimens.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Species Byrsax macleayi Pascoe, 1866". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1866). "Notices of new or little known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part V". Journal of Entomology. 2: 443-493 [459]. ISSN 1812-5670. Wikidata Q108841606. BHL page 13388061