Bolbaffroides carenicollis

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Bolbaffroides carenicollis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Bolboceratidae
Genus: Bolbaffroides
Species:
B. carenicollis
Binomial name
Bolbaffroides carenicollis
(Castelnau, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Bolboceras carenicollisLaporte, 1840
  • Bolboceras capitatumWestwood, 1848

Bolbaffroides carenicollis, is a species of dor beetle found in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. [1]

Description

This large species has an average length of about 19 to 23 mm. Pronotum with triple punctation with sparse primary punctation. Secondary and tertiary punctation also abundant which evenly distributed on disc. Pronotal protrusions are variable in accordance with total size. Crest of the frontal elevation of female is slightly more rostrad. Elytra opaque. [2]

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References

  1. "Bolbaffroides carenicollis (Castelnau, 1840)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  2. "The Afro-Asian Bolboceroides validus group (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 2021-07-31.