Coilodes skelleyi

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

Coilodes skelleyi is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Peru (Loreto) and Brazil (Amazonas).

Adults reach a length of about 5.6 mm (males) and 5.2–6.7 mm (females). The colour of their head, scutellar shield, elytra and legs is dark brown, while the pronotum and venter are yellowish brown.

Biology

This species has been collected in human faeces.

Etymology

The species is named in honour Paul E. Skelley, an aphodiine and erotylid specialist, and collector of most specimens of this species known thus far. ^[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