Leucopholis stainesi

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Leucopholis stainesi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Leucopholis
Species:
L. stainesi
Binomial name
Leucopholis stainesi
Calcetas, 2023

Leucopholis stainesi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 35 mm. The dorsum is dichromatic and the head, pronotum, scutellum, elytra and legs are blackish, with a brownish tinge on the posterior margin of the elytra. The body covered with yellowish white scales. The venter is dichromatic blackish with little shade of brown.

Etymology

The species is named is named in honour of Dr Charles Staines, world expert on hispines at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, USA. [1]

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