Agathidium jasperanum

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Agathidium jasperanum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Agathidium
Species:
A. jasperanum
Binomial name
Agathidium jasperanum
Fall, 1934

Agathidium jasperanum is a species of round fungus beetle in the family Leiodidae. [1] [2] This species is distinguishable from others in the group by the body somewhat elongate, the punctures on the head distinctly larger than those of pronotum, the elytral punctation coarser and denser than on head and pronotum and with some punctures more or less serially arranged, and the median lobe of the aedeagus elongate and narrow, with the apex slender and apically narrowly rounded. [3] Its type locality is Jasper National Park, Alberta, [4] hence the name.

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References

  1. "Agathidium (Revolvens) jasperanum Fall 1934 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. "ITIS - Report: Agathidium". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. gbif/gbif-namefinder, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, 2015-01-30, retrieved 2021-10-11
  4. Angelini, Fernando (2010-11-22). "World Catalogue of the Tribe Agathidiini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Leiodinae)" (PDF). Extract from Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “G. Doria”. 102: 80.