Biology:Corticeus cephalotes

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Short description: Species of beetle

Corticeus cephalotes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Corticeus
Species:
C. cephalotes
Binomial name
Corticeus cephalotes
(Gebien, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Hypophloeus cephalotes Gebien, 1913
  • Corticeus cephalotes (Gebien, 1914)
  • Hypophloeus cornutus Pic, 1914
  • Hypophloeus palawanus Pic, 1945
  • Hypophloeus cornutus var. subcastaneus Pic, 1945
  • Hypophloeus andaiensis Pic, 1946

Corticeus (Stenophloeus) cephalotes is a species of darkling beetle distributed all over Oriental region and Vanuatu.[1]

Description

The species can be identified separately from other related species from the distinct, longitudinal elevations on clypeus, which terminate anterior in a sharp corner or point. The body length is about 3.14 to 4.46 mm.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21260877 entry