Deltochilum ventripuncturatus
| Deltochilum ventripuncturatus | |
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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. ventripuncturatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltochilum ventripuncturatus González-Alvarado & Neita, 2026 | |
Deltochilum ventripuncturatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Colombia (Magdalena),[2] where it appears to be restricted to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10.7 mm (0.42 in). They are pale greenish-brown dorsally and dark copperish-green ventrally. They can be distinguished from all other species within the plebejum species group by the unique combination of characters in males: the mesofemur possesses a basal protuberance, the first ventrite is elevated and with small punctures. Also, it can be separated from all other species of group by the head punctures, the punctures on the anterior part of the head are smaller than the punctures of the head disc, in the other species of the group, the punctures on the anterior part of the head are equal to or larger than the punctures of the head disc.[3]
Etymology
The species name refers is derived from Latin ventris (meaning abdomen) and puncturatus (meaning punctured) and refers to the presence of small and dense punctures on the first abdominal ventrite, a unique diagnostic character of this species.[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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