Oxytelus lividus

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Oxytelus lividus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Oxytelus
Species:
O. lividus
Binomial name
Oxytelus lividus

Oxytelus lividus is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia. It is found in China, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Laos. [1] [2]

Description

Male is about 6.1 mm and female is 5.5 mm in length. Body is khaki to dark ocher. Lateral parts of pronotum, lateral and posterior margins of elytra are yellow. Elytral bases are black in color. Mandibles are testaceous or lateritious with black margins. In Antennae, there are 1 to 3 antennomeres. Maxillary palpi, and legs are also testaceous. [1]

In male, head is sub-trapezoidal and roughly coriaceous. Clypeus reversed trapezoidal. Epistomal suture with lateral portions straight but lightly incurved at posterior end. Eyes with coarse facets. Mandible is stout, falciform, and strongly incurved. Pronotum transverse. Elytra rough and rugose. Abdomen coriaceous and pubescent. Sternite VIII is strongly sclerotized. In female, head is sub-triangular. Clypeus sub-quadrate. Epistomal suture with lateral portions incurved. Abdominal sternite VII with posterior margin is straight. Spermatheca is comma-shaped. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2012-12-07). "Taxonomy of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) from China". Zootaxa. p. 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3576.1.1 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  2. Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015-07-30). "Revision of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) in Southeast Asia". Zootaxa. p. 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3992.1.1 . Retrieved 2021-07-06.