Adoretus bicaudatus

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Adoretus bicaudatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

Average length is about 12.66 mm. Body flat elongate, and parallel sided. Dorsum brown testaceous and completely covered with decumbent white setae. These setae form patches in three longitudinal rows on elytra. Head elongate and transverse. Puncturations coriaceous, and coarse posteriorly. Clypeus short and broad. Antennae clubbed and consists with nine segments. Pronotum short and transverse. Scutellum obtusely triangular and coarsely punctured. Elytra coriaceous with raised humps. Pygidium also coriaceous whereas mesosternum is laterally rugose. [5]

Adults have been recorded from Lagerstroemia species. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "On a collection of Scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Pachmarhi biosphere reserve, Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Rec. zool. Surv. India: 102 (Part 3-4) : 43-46, 2004. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Zoos' print journal, 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). Zoo's Print Journal, 2000. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. ↑ Arrow, Gilbert J. (1914-06-01). "LXIX.—On the Ceylonese species of Ruteline Coleoptera belonging to the genus Adoretus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. pp. 587–594. doi:10.1080/00222931408693529 . Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  5. ↑ "Taxonomic studies on Adoretus Dejean, 1833 (Rutelinae: Scarabaeidae) of Buxa Tiger Reserve (a forest under biodiversity hotspot zone), Dooars, West Bengal, India" (PDF). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2016; 4(6): 01-11. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. ↑ "Insect fauna of Peechi-vazhani wild life sanctuary, Kerala, India" (PDF). Zoos' Print Journal, 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-09.


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