Purple jewel beetle (Smagdethnes africana oertzeni)

Size approx 2cm.

 

Superdomain: Neomura

Domain: Eukaryota

(unranked): Opisthokonta

(unranked) Holozoa

(unranked) Filozoa

Kingdom: Animalia

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa

Clade: Bilateria

Clade: Nephrozoa

(unranked): Protostomia

Superphylum: Ecdysozoa

(unranked): Panarthropoda

(unranked): Tactopoda

Phylum: Arthropoda

Clade: Pancrustacea

Subphylum: Hexapoda

Class: Insecta

Subclass: Pterygota

Infraclass: Neoptera

Superorder: Endopterygota

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia

Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Scarabaeidae

Subfamily: Cetoniinae

Genus: Smagdethnes

Species: S. africana

Subspecies: S. A. oertzeni

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