Deltochilum pauxi
| Deltochilum pauxi | |
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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. pauxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltochilum pauxi González-Alvarado & Neita, 2026 | |
Deltochilum pauxi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Colombia (Santander).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11 mm (0.43 in). They are pale greenish-brown dorsally and dark greenish-blue ventrally. They can be distinguished from all other species within the plebejum species group by having the punctures on the anterolateral areas of the metaventral process incompletely closed, in combination with a salient medial angle on the pronotum (this angle is rounded in all other species). Deltochilum altiventris also exhibits these incompletely closed punctures, but it differs in several ways: the male first ventrite is elevated and the striae are narrow.[3]
Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality, RN Pauxi pauxi.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Deltochilum 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; Neita, Jhon Cesar (2026). "Eight new species of Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822 (subgenus D. Deltohyboma Lane, 1946) from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia and Venezuelan Andes (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae, plebejum species group)". ZooKeys (1280): 171–229. Bibcode:2026ZooK.1280..171G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1280.182114. PMC 13221663. PMID 42222020. Retrieved June 3, 2026.
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