Iphiclus virgatus
| Iphiclus virgatus | |
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| In La Caldera Department, Argentina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Erotylidae |
| Genus: | Iphiclus |
| Species: | I. virgatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Iphiclus virgatus (Kuhnt, 1910) | |
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Iphiclus virgatus is a species of beetle of the Erotylidae family. This species is found in southeastern and southern Brazil and apparently also northern Argentina.
It was historically placed in Mycotretus, but does seem to be a true Iphiclus of uncertain affiliations within its genus. Traits that distinguish it from Mycotretes species are the smooth upperside without dimples or impressed lines, the mouthparts showing a triangular mentum and an expanded triangular final maxillary palpomere, the narrowed posterior aedeagus lobe, and the lack of laminae and a narrowed stalk of the inner (body cavity) side of the metathorax sternite.[1]
References
- ↑ Pecci-Maddalena, Italo Salvatore de Castro; Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano; Skelley, Paul (2023-06-28). "Catalogue of Mycotretus Lacordaire, 1842 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): an annotated, illustrated and historical approach". European Journal of Taxonomy. 876: 1–182. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.876.2149. ISSN 2118-9773.
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