Coilodes edeiltae
| Coilodes edeiltae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Genus: | Coilodes |
| Species: | C. edeiltae
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilodes edeiltae Basílio & Vaz-de-Mello, 2023
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Coilodes edeiltae is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná).
Adults reach a length of about 4.9–5.2 mm and have a yellowish brown body.
Biology
This species has been collected in human faeces and carcasses of fish.
Etymology
The species is named in honour Edeilta Silva Basílio, mother of the first author.[1]
References
- ^ 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