Toxotoma gonzalezi

Toxotoma gonzalezi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Coccinellidae
Genus:	Toxotoma
Species:	T. gonzalezi
Binomial name
	Toxotoma gonzalezi; Szawaryn & Czerwiński, 2022

Last updated August 30, 2025

Toxotoma gonzalezi is a species of beetle of the family Coccinellidae. It is found in Ecuador.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.80 mm. The elytron is black with two large yellow spots and the pronotum is covered with punctures of single size, while the elytra have punctures in two sizes, irregularly arranged.

Etymology

This species is dedicated to the colleague of the authors and expert of Neotropical Coccinellidae Guillermo González (Santiago, Chile).^[1]

References

↑ Part of this text is from “New Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) from Napo Province in Ecuador” by Karol Szawaryn, Tomasz Czerwiński. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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[1] Part of this text is from “New Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea) from Napo Province in Ecuador” by Karol Szawaryn, Tomasz Czerwiński. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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Toxotoma gonzalezi

Contents

Description

Etymology

References