Sandalus petrophya

Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Coleoptera 
Subordo : Polyphaga 
Infraordo : Elateriformia 
Superfamilia : Dascilloidea 
Familia : Rhipiceridae 
Genus : Sandalus 
Species : Sandalus petrophya 
Knoch, 1801

   

Sandalus petrophya est species coleopterorum familiae Rhipiceridarum, quae in America Septentrionali endemica est. Larvae sunt ectoparasitoidea cicadoideorum nymphalium.

Bibliographia

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