Discodon crassipes

Discodon crassipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Genus:	Discodon
Species:	D. crassipes
Binomial name
	Discodon crassipes; Wittmer, 1952

Last updated October 08, 2025

Discodon crassipes is a species of beetle of the family Cantharidae. This species is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 13 mm. They have a black head. The pronotum is lustrous, partly translucent, with a broad irregular dark brown to black band from the anterior to the posterior margin, wider anteriorly and near the posterior margin, and narrower near the anterior half. The background is pale yellow with diffuse orange patches. The scutellum and elytra are dark brown to black, slightly lustrous. There is a long irregular yellow to orangish spot at mid-length of each elytron, extending from the lateral borders to the suture. The thorax, legs and abdomen are dark brown to black.^[2]

References

↑ GBIF
↑ Biffi, Gabriel; Geiser, Michael (23 August 2022). "A revision of Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville) and its mimics from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 834 (1): 148–189. Retrieved October 6, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] GBIF

[2] Biffi, Gabriel; Geiser, Michael (23 August 2022). "A revision of Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville) and its mimics from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 834 (1): 148–189. Retrieved October 6, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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