Deltochilum plebejum
| Deltochilum plebejum | |
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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. plebejum |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltochilum plebejum Balthasar, 1939 | |
Deltochilum plebejum is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Venezuela (Maracaibo Basin).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9.5 mm (0.37 in). They are pale reddish-brown dorsally and dark greenish-blue ventrally. This species shares the narrow striae and the apical tubercles of the elytra (on interstriae III, V, and VII) with Deltochilum nobile, but it can be differentiated by the head punctures. The punctures on the anterior part of the head are nearly the same size as the head disc punctures in plebejum, whereas they are larger in nobile.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Deltochilum plebejum 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 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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