Alocoderus teyrovskyi
Appearance
| Alocoderus teyrovskyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Alocoderus |
| Species: | A. teyrovskyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alocoderus teyrovskyi (Balthasar, 1935) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alocoderus teyrovskyi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in India (Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttarakhand), Vietnam, Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 7–8.5 mm (0.28–0.33 in). They have an parallel-sided, strongly convex, shiny, mostly glabrous body. The head and pronotum are blackish-brown. The margins of the head are reddish and the pronotum has reddish-brown sides. The elytra are dark yellowish-brown, with the sutural interval and the striae darkened. The antennae are yellow and the underside is blackish-brown.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Alocoderus teyrovskyi at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
- 1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved October 30, 2026.