Euspilotus lepidus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Histeridae
Genus: Euspilotus
Name
Euspilotus lepidus (Erichson) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
Medium size (length: 2.3–3.3 mm, width: 1.86–2.3 mm). Body black, elytron with yellow or white spot. Pronotum with finer and sparse punctation, with a shining area on disc, with a longitudinal lateral area on each side with coarse and dense punctation, with two rows of large punctures on base. Pronotal hypomeron setose in dorsal view. Elytron with punctation coarse and dense on posterior half, finer and sparser on anterior half defining a shining area between intervals 2, 3 and 4; elytral dorsal striae 1, 2 and 4 complete on anterior half, third stria reduced to a short row of punctures on basal area, fourth and sutural striae connected by a rounded arch; elytral spot with distal margin straight and two digitiform projections anterad, the outer one between the first and second (or third) dorsal striae, the inner one towards the fourth dorsal elytral stria. Pygidium without grooves. Protibiae with outer margin expanded and 10–13 denticles.
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru (Mazur 2011[1]).
Taxon Treatment
- Aballay, F; Arriagada, G; Flores, G; Néstor D. Centeno, ; 2013: An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina ZooKeys, 261: 61-84. doi
Other References
- ↑ Mazur S (2011) A concise catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Warzaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW Press, 332 pp.
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