Oxytelus puncticeps

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Oxytelus puncticeps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Oxytelus
Species:
O. puncticeps
Binomial name
Oxytelus puncticeps
Kraatz, 1859
Synonyms
  • Oxytelus monocerosCameron, 1919

Oxytelus puncticeps is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia and Africa. [1] It is found in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Borneo, Sri Lanka, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. [2] [3] [4]

Description

A smaller species of rove beetle, male is about 2.6 mm and female is about 2.3 mm in length. Body is black in color. Labial palpi, legs, and elytra are light brown. In male, head is sub-pentagonal. Clypeus transverse. Mandibles are slender and slightly curved. Epistomal suture with lateral portions runs backward to the anterior marginal level of eyes. Eyes are convex with fine facets. Right mandible is stout, with obsoletely curved outer margin. Left mandible greatly larger with more curved. Pronotum transverse. Elytra punctate and rugose. Abdomen coriaceous and pubescent. Female is similar to male but smaller. Spermatheca constricted at near middle. [2]

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References

  1. 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 2021-07-07.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Biodiversity of Staphylinids in cropped area of the Punjab (Pakistan)" (PDF). Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 48(2), 125-128. Retrieved 2021-07-05.