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Bountya insularis
Bountya insularis AMNZ21822.jpg
Male holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
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Subfamily:
Broscinae
Tribe:
Broscini
Subtribe:
Creobiina
Genus:
Bountya

Townsend, 1971
Species:
B. insularis
Binomial name
Bountya insularis
Townsend, 1971

Bountya insularis is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Bountya. Both the genus and species was first described by J. I. Townsend in 1971 from specimens collected by E. G. Turbott on Bounty Island on 11 November 1950. The holotype specimen is in the entomology collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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