Deltochilum genieri
| Deltochilum genieri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Deltochilum |
| Species: | D. genieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltochilum genieri González-Alvaredo & Vaz-de-Mello, 2021 | |
Deltochilum genieri is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Ecuador (Pastaza).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.2 mm (0.32 in). They are dark green with some red reflections dorsally. They are black ventrally, with shiny red reflections on the hypomera, metaventrite, metaventral process, mid- and hind legs and ventrite VI.[3]
Etymology
The species is named after the scarabaeoidologist and taxonomist Francois Genier.[3]
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) genieri at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 3 González-Alvarado, Arturo; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2021). "Towards a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle subgenus Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) Lane, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Division into species-groups". PLoS ONE. 16 (1). Retrieved June 4, 2026.
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