Discodon obscurior

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Discodon obscurior
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Discodon
Species:
D. obscurior
Binomial name
Discodon obscurior
Pic, 1906 [1]
Synonyms
  • Discodon albonotatum var. obscuriorPic, 1906

Discodon obscurior 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 11–13 mm. They have a pitch black head. The pronotum is lustrous, partly translucent, with a broad irregular black band from the anterior to the posterior margin, and a black band (usually with lateral projections) in the posterior third. The background is pale yellow with diffuse orange regions. The scutellum and elytra are entirely pitch black, slightly lustrous. The thorax, legs and abdomen are black. [2]

References

  1. "Discodon Gorham, 1881". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.