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Gymnetis rhaegali

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Gymnetis rhaegali
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gymnetis
Species:
G. rhaegali
Binomial name
Gymnetis rhaegali
Ratcliffe, 2018

Gymnetis rhaegali is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, named after the dragon Rhaegal in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ratcliffe, B.C. (2018) A Monographic Revision of the Genus Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 31: 1-250.