Bennigsenium is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 11 described species in Bennigsenium, found in Africa.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Cicindelini |
| Subtribe: | Cicindelina |
| Genus: | Bennigsenium W.Horn, 1897 |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ "Bennigsenium W.Horn, 1897". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
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