Clambus villosus

Clambus villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Scirtoidea
Family:	Clambidae
Genus:	Clambus
Species:	C. villosus
Binomial name
	Clambus villosus; Endrody-Younga, 1978

Last updated January 03, 2022

Clambus villosus is a species of fringe-winged beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]

Description

This medium-sized species has a body length is about 1.1 mm. Body dark brown in color. Ventrum and clypeus clothed with long, distinct semierect hairy pubescence. Other parts of dorsum is bare and clothed with very short, and fine, dark hairs. Head convex, and eye are large. Body surface is smooth and shiny near the eyes. Pronotum convex with indistinctly shagreened surface. The lateral margins of the elytra is very evenly arcuate. Abdominal sternites are shiny with short pubescence. Anal sternite consists with distinct hairy tufts.^[3]

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References

↑ "Clambus villosus Endrody-Younga, 1978". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
↑ "IRMNG - Clambus villosus Endrody-Younga, 1978". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
↑ "A REVISION OF THE ORIENTAL CLAMBIDAE WITH REFERENCES TO PAPUAN AND HAWAIIAN SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINOIDEA)" (PDF). Pacific Insects Vol. 18, no. 1-2: 67-84 25 August 1978. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

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[1] "Clambus villosus Endrody-Younga, 1978". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[2] "IRMNG - Clambus villosus Endrody-Younga, 1978". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

[3] "A REVISION OF THE ORIENTAL CLAMBIDAE WITH REFERENCES TO PAPUAN AND HAWAIIAN SPECIES (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINOIDEA)" (PDF). Pacific Insects Vol. 18, no. 1-2: 67-84 25 August 1978. Retrieved 2021-09-20.

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