Coilodes ovalis
| Coilodes ovalis | |
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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. ovalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilodes ovalis Robinson, 1948
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Coilodes ovalis is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6.7 mm (males) and 5.2–7.1 mm (females). The colour of their body ranges from yellowish brown to dark brown. Specimens sometimes have darker spots.
Biology
This species has been collected in human and bovine faeces, as well as in chicken meat.[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