Microsternus tricolor

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Microsternus tricolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Microsternus
Species:
M. tricolor
Binomial name
Microsternus tricolor
(Lewis, 1887)

Microsternus tricolor is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. [1] [2] It is endemic to China, Taiwan, Russia and Japan. [1] [2]

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The species' name comes from Greek and Latin, "tricolor" meaning "three colors". [3]

Description

Microsternus tricolor are 3 to 5 mm long and 1.4 to 2.4 mm wide. [2] It has three colors as the name suggests, those being red, orange/yellow and black. [1] [2] These beetles have a punctured, close pronotum and orange and black bands of elytra. [2]

Taxonomy and systematics

Microsternus tricolor was discovered by Lewis in 1887. [4] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Microsternus tricolor" . Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dai C.; Zhao M. "Genus Microsternus Lewis (1887) from China, with description of a new genus Neosternus from Asia (Coleoptera, Erotylidae, Dacnini)".
  3. ↑ "Definition of TRICOLOR". 18 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Dai, C. C.; Zhao, M. J. (2013). "Genus Microsternus Lewis (1887) from China, with description of a new genus Neosternus from Asia (Coleoptera, Erotylidae, Dacnini)". ZooKeys (340): 79–106. Bibcode:2013ZooK..340...79D. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.340.6044 . PMC   3800800 . PMID   24146593.


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