Crowsoniella
| Crowsoniella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Crowsoniellidae |
| Genus: | Crowsoniella Iablokoff-Khnzorian, 1983 |
| Species: | C. relicta
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| Binomial name | |
| Crowsoniella relicta Pace, 1975
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The Crowsoniellidae are a monotypic family of beetles, in the suborder Archostemata. So far, only a single species, Crowsoniella relicta, has been attributed to this family. It is a minute animal (about 1.8 mm (0.071 in)) that was collected in central Italy from calcareous soil at the base of a chestnut tree. No other specimens have been found since.[1][2]
References
- ^ Pace, R. (1975). "An exceptional endogeous beetle: Crowsoniella relicta n. gen. n. sp. of Archostemata Tetraphaleridae from central Italy". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona. 2: 445–458.
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