Biology:Clambus villosus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Clambus villosus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Clambidae
Genus: Clambus
Species:
C. villosus
Binomial name
Clambus villosus
Endrody-Younga, 1978

Clambus villosus is a species of fringe-winged beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

This medium-sized species has a body length is about 1.1 mm. Body dark brown in color. Ventrum and clypeus clothed with long, distinct semierect hairy pubescence. Other parts of dorsum is bare and clothed with very short, and fine, dark hairs. Head convex, and eye are large. Body surface is smooth and shiny near the eyes. Pronotum convex with indistinctly shagreened surface. The lateral margins of the elytra is very evenly arcuate. Abdominal sternites are shiny with short pubescence. Anal sternite consists with distinct hairy tufts.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3200219 entry