Coilodes ravii
| Coilodes ravii | |
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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. ravii
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilodes ravii Basílio & Vaz-de-Mello, 2023
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Coilodes ravii is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Ecuador (Napo).
Adults reach a length of about 6.4 mm (males) and 5.8 mm (females). The colour of their body is yellowish brown, the elytra with the outer margins black.
Biology
This species has been collected in carcasses of fish.
Etymology
The species is named in honour Ravi Basílio Dantas, nephew 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