Stictomela chrysomeloides
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Stictomela chrysomeloides Gorham, 1886
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Stictomela chrysomeloides, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
Typical length is about 9 mm. Head brassy black, with less shine. Antennae shiny and black with rather lax club and the apical joint obliquely compressed at the tips. Epistoma thickly and strongly punctured. Thorax with the surface shining but uneven. A central channel visible with a punctiform pit on each side in the middle. There is a basal transverse line, and the ordinary basal sulci. Humeral callus is raised into a blunt carina. There are two basal, orange, round spots. Femora clavate and distinctly punctured. Tibiae strongly bent in male. Tarsi and clams are pitchy, clothed with golden pile beneath.[3]
References
- ^ Shockley, F. W.; Tomaszewska, K. W.; Mchugh, J. V. (2009-02-04). "An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)". Zootaxa. pp. 1–113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1999.1.1. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Phylogeny and Generic Classification of the Subfamily Lycoperdininae with a re-analysis of the family Endomychidae" (PDF). Annals Zoologci, 2005. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ "On new Genera and Species By the Rev. H. S. GORHAM, of Endoiny chid. F.Z.S., F.E.S." (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1886. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
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