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Corticeus cephalotes

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Species of beetle

Corticeus cephalotes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Corticeus
Species: C. cephalotes
Binomial name
Corticeus cephalotes
(Gebien, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Hypophloeus cephalotes Gebien, 1913
  • Corticeus cephalotes (Gebien, 1914)
  • Hypophloeus cornutus Pic, 1914
  • Hypophloeus palawanus Pic, 1945
  • Hypophloeus cornutus var. subcastaneus Pic, 1945
  • Hypophloeus andaiensis Pic, 1946

Corticeus (Stenophloeus) cephalotes is a species of darkling beetle distributed all over Oriental region and Vanuatu.

Description

The species can be identified separately from other related species from the distinct, longitudinal elevations on clypeus, which terminate anterior in a sharp corner or point. The body length is about 3.14 to 4.46 mm.

References

  1. Bremer, Hans J.; Lillig, Martin (2007). "Species of Corticeus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 of the Madagascan faunal area – Part II. Distribution of species and determination key (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae, Hypophlaeini)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 127 (4): 195–203. Retrieved 2021-07-03 – via ResearchGate.
  2. Bremer, Hans J. (2015). "The species of Corticeus Piller et Mitterpacher, 1783 of the Papuan faunal area. Part IV (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae; Hypophlaeini)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 105: 5–39. Retrieved 2021-07-03 – via Zobodat.
Taxon identifiers
Corticeus cephalotes


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