Gymnetis rhaegali
| Gymnetis rhaegali | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gymnetis |
| Species: | G. rhaegali
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnetis rhaegali Ratcliffe, 2018
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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
- ^ 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.