Heterogyrus
| Heterogyrus milloti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Gyrinidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterogyrinae |
| Genus: | Heterogyrus Legros, 1953 |
| Species: | H. milloti
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterogyrus milloti Legros, 1953
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Heterogyrus milloti is a species of
Gyrinidae, the only species in the genus Heterogyrus.[1] It is endemic to Madagascar, and forms a basal lineage within the family, estimated to have diverged from all other gyrinids (aside from the even earlier branching Spanglerogyrus) 200 million years ago. It is suggested to be closely related to the fossil genera Mesogyrus, Cretotortor and Baissogyrus which constitute the subfamily Heterogyrinae.[2]
References
- ^ Gyrinidae Species List Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
- PMID 28831048.
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