Coilodes ravii

Coilodes ravii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Hybosoridae
Genus:	Coilodes
Species:	C. ravii
Binomial name
Coilodes ravii Basílio & Vaz-de-Mello, 2023

Coilodes ravii is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Ecuador (Napo).

Adults reach a length of about 6.4 mm (males) and 5.8 mm (females). The colour of their body is yellowish brown, the elytra with the outer margins black.

Biology

This species has been collected in carcasses of fish.

Etymology

The species is named in honour Ravi Basílio Dantas, nephew of the first author. ^[1]

References

1. Part of this text is from “A look beyond the colour: taxonomic revision of Coilodes Westwood, 1846 (Coleoptera, Hybosoridae), with the description of six new species” by Basílio, et al. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license