Byrsax macleayi
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| Byrsax macleayi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenebrioninae |
| Tribe: | Bolitophagini |
| Genus: | Byrsax |
| Species: | B. macleayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Byrsax macleayi Pascoe, 1866 | |
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]