Coilodes bezerrai

Coilodes bezerrai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Hybosoridae
Genus: Coilodes
Species:
C. bezerrai
Binomial name
Coilodes bezerrai
Basílio & Vaz-de-Mello, 2023

Coilodes bezerrai is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Colombia (Santander).

Adults reach a length of about 5.8–6.3 mm and have a yellowish brown body.

Biology

This species has been collected in faeces of Ateles hybridus and Alouatta seniculus.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr. Eduardo Barbosa Bezerra, entomologist, and professor at Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Brazil.[1]

References

  1. ^ Part of this text is from “A look beyond the colour: taxonomic revision of Coilodes Westwood, 1846 (Coleoptera, Hybosoridae), with the description of six new species” by Basílio, et al. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license
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