Thaumastopeus nigritus

Thaumastopeus nigritus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Thaumastopeus
Species:	T. nigritus
Binomial name
Thaumastopeus nigritus Frölich, 1792
Synonyms
Cetonia nigritaFrölich, 1792 nec Fabricius, 1775 Macronota anthracinaWiedemann, 1823 Thaumastopeus simillimusKraatz, 1898 Lomaptera viridiaeneaGory & Percheron, 1833

Thaumastopeus nigritus is a species of scarab beetle belonging to subfamily Cetoniinae.

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1792 by Josef Aloys Frölich under the name Cetonia nigrita. This species has two subspecies: ^[1]

• Thaumastopeus nigritus nigritus(Frölich, 1792)
• Thaumastopeus nigritus nigroaeneus(Waterhouse, 1841)

Morphology

A beetle with a body 27 to 28 mm long, quite flattened, and elongated in outline. The cuticle of the entire body is naked, shiny and black. The head has a long, deeply cut clypeus with sharp angles and a coarsely spotted surface. The pronotum has finely punctate lateral parts. The surface of the elytra is very smooth and slightly wrinkled on the sides and top. The mesosternum has a narrow interiliac, narrowing anteriorly. The sternum is slender and curved. ^[2]

Distribution

An insect belonging to the Indomalaya, distributed from southern China, mainland India, Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia (including Java). ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Security check". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
2. Phisut ʻĒkʻamnūai (2008). Beetles of Thailand. Fascinating insects (2nd ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Siam Insect Zoo & Museum. ISBN   978-974-289-045-2.