Biology:Adoretus bicaudatus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Adoretus bicaudatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Adoretus
Species:
A. bicaudatus
Binomial name
Adoretus bicaudatus
Arrow, 1917

Adoretus bicaudatus, is a species of shining leaf chafer found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4]

Description

Adults are about 12.66 mm long. The body is flat, elongated, and parallel sided. The dorsum is brown or testaceous and completely covered with decumbent white setae. The setae form patches in three longitudinal rows on elytra. The head is elongated and transverse. The surface has rough punctures that become coarser toward the rear. The clypeus is short and broad while the antennae is clubbed and consists of nine segments. The pronotum is short and transverse. The scutellum is obtusely triangular and coarsely punctured. The elytra have a rough, leathery surface with raised humps. The pygidium is also rough whereas mesosternum is laterally rugose.[5]

Adults have been recorded from Lagerstroemia species.[6]

References

  1. "On a collection of Scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Pachmarhi biosphere reserve, Madhya Pradesh". http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/records/102/03-04/index.pdf#page=50. 
  2. "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kailash-Chandra/publication/237676894_SCARABAEID_BEETLES_OF_BANDHAVGARH_NATIONAL_PARK_MADHYA_PRADESH/links/5464df550cf25b85d17d20bc/SCARABAEID-BEETLES-OF-BANDHAVGARH-NATIONAL-PARK-MADHYA-PRADESH.pdf. 
  3. "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kailash-Chandra/publication/237479435_Inventory_of_scarabaeid_beetles_Coleoptera_from_Madhya_Pradesh_India/links/53e01b380cf2a768e49f583d/Inventory-of-scarabaeid-beetles-Coleoptera-from-Madhya-Pradesh-India.pdf. 
  4. Arrow, Gilbert J. (1914-06-01). "LXIX.—On the Ceylonese species of Ruteline Coleoptera belonging to the genus Adoretus". pp. 587–594. doi:10.1080/00222931408693529. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222931408693529. 
  5. "Taxonomic studies on Adoretus Dejean, 1833 (Rutelinae: Scarabaeidae) of Buxa Tiger Reserve (a forest under biodiversity hotspot zone), Dooars, West Bengal, India". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subhankar-Sarkar-2/publication/325022375_Taxonomic_studies_on_Adoretus_Dejean_1833_Rutelinae_Scarabaeidae_of_Buxa_Tiger_Reserve_a_forest_under_biodiversity_hotspot_zone_Dooars_West_Bengal_India/links/5af1e9eba6fdcc24364b85b6/Taxonomic-studies-on-Adoretus-Dejean-1833-Rutelinae-Scarabaeidae-of-Buxa-Tiger-Reserve-a-forest-under-biodiversity-hotspot-zone-Dooars-West-Bengal-India.pdf. 
  6. "Insect fauna of Peechi-vazhani wild life sanctuary, Kerala, India". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George-Mathew-7/publication/270211281_Fauna_of_Protected_Areas_-_23_Insect_fauna_of_Peechi-Vazhani_Wildlife_Sanctuary_Kerala_India/links/5820a1d808aea429b29bb877/Fauna-of-Protected-Areas-23-Insect-fauna-of-Peechi-Vazhani-Wildlife-Sanctuary-Kerala-India.pdf. 

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