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Thaumastopeus nigritus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Thaumastopeus
Species:	T. nigritus
Binomial name
Thaumastopeus nigritus Frölich, 1792
Synonyms
Cetonia nigrita Frölich, 1792 nec Fabricius, 1775 Macronota anthracina Wiedemann, 1823 Thaumastopeus simillimus Kraatz, 1898 Lomaptera viridiaenea Gory & 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:

• 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.

Distribution

An insect belonging to the Indomalaya, distributed from southern China, mainland India, Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia (including Java).

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.

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