Discodon testaceipes

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Discodon testaceipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Discodon
Species:
D. testaceipes
Binomial name
Discodon testaceipes
Pic, 1930 [1]
Synonyms
  • Discodon albonotatum var. testaceipesPic, 1930

Discodon testaceipes is a species of beetle of the family Cantharidae. This species is found in Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 12 mm. They have a black head. The pronotum is lustrous, with a broad irregular 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 testaceous with diffuse orange patches. The scutellum and elytra are black, slightly lustrous. There is a small and weakly defined round yellowish spot at mid-length of each elytron, near the lateral margins. The legs are reddish brown. [2]

References

  1. "Discodon testaceipes (Pic, 1930) Pic, 1930". 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.