Muisca bitaeniata
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| Muisca bitaeniata | |
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| Muisca bitaeniata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Genus: | Muisca |
| Species: | M. bitaeniata |
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| Muisca bitaeniata | |
Muisca bitaeniata is the accepted[2] type species of checkered beetles of the genus Muisca in the subfamily of Clerinae or Enopliinae. It was first described by entomologist Maximilian Spinola in 1844.[1]
The genus Muisca has been named after the Muisca from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in central Colombia.[3] Bitaeniata means "two-striped".[4]
