Coilodes fumipennis
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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. fumipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilodes fumipennis Arrow, 1909
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Coilodes fumipennis is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Colombia (Magdalena, Boyacá), French Guiana (Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Régina) and Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Acre, Rondônia, Mato Grosso).
Adults reach a length of about 5.3–6.4 mm (males) and 5.4–7.1 mm (females). The colour of their head ranges from yellowish brown to dark brown, while the pronotum, scutellar shield, legs and venter are yellowish brown. The elytra is dark brown with a smoky region at the base and external margins.
Biology
This species is attracted to fish and human faeces.[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