Biology:Discodon tenuecostatum
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Discodon tenuecostatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Genus: | Discodon |
| Species: | D. tenuecostatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Discodon tenuecostatum Biffi & Geiser, 2022[1]
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Discodon tenuecostatum is a species of beetle of the family Cantharidae. This species is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11.7–16.2 mm. They have a pitch black head. The pronotum is lustrous, partly translucent, with a broad irregular black band from the anterior to the posterior margin, wider anteriorly and near the posterior margin, and narrower near the anterior half. The background is pale yellow with diffuse orange regions. The scutellum and elytra are entirely pitch black, slightly lustrous. The thorax, legs and abdomen are black.
Etymology
The epithet refers to the weakly defined longitudinal elytral costulae in both males and females.[2]
References
- ↑ "Discodon tenuecostatum Biffi & Geiser, 2022". https://www.gbif.org/fr/species/11740222.
- ↑ Biffi, Gabriel; Geiser, Michael (23 August 2022). "A revision of Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville) and its mimics from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy 834 (1): 148–189. https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1907. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
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Wikidata ☰ Q114786491 entry
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