Mylabris ceylonica

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Mylabris ceylonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Tenebrionoidea
Family:
Meloidae
Genus:
Mylabris
Species:
M. ceylonica
Binomial name
Mylabris ceylonica
(Pic, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Zonabris ceylonicaPic, 1916

Mylabris ceylonica, is a species of blister beetle endemic to Sri Lanka. [1]

Description

Body length is about 8 to 17 mm. Head is 1.2 to 2.6 mm long with coarse moderate deep and dense punctures. Pronotum is about 1.4 to 2.6 mm long. Pronotum strongly convergent from apical third to apex. Elytra elongate with moderately coarse shallow and dense punctures. Pubescence short and very dense on black area, but sparse on basal yellow part. Basal region of the elytra possess a trilobed black band. Elytra without a black dot in basal band. Ventrum moderately coarsely punctured and shiny. Male has feebly emarginate pygidium. [2]

Adults are commonly found during March and June.

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References

  1. ↑ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ↑ "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.


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