Biology:Stenotarsus sicarius

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Short description: Species of beetle


Stenotarsus russatus
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S. sicarius
Binomial name
Stenotarsus sicarius
Gorham, 1886

Stenotarsus sicarius, is a species of handsome fungus beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

Typical length is about 3 mm. Body strongly convex, and pubescent. Entirely black in color. Elytral base is wider, and distinctively striped-dotted. Thoracic margin less elevated. Elytra suddenly widening from the shoulder. Antennae reddish, where the second to eighth joints are short and bead-shaped. Thorax wider than long, and narrowed to the front angles. Pronotal disk is convex, and puncturing by coarse floccose pubescence.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q948791 entry