Mycolybas lucidus

Mycolybas lucidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Mycolybas
Species:
M. lucidus
Binomial name
Mycolybas lucidus
(Lacordaire, 1842)
Synonyms

Lybas cruentatus Kirch, 1865
Lybas lucidus Lacordaire, 1842
Lybas melanocorynus Lacordaire, 1842
Mycolybas cruentatus (Kirch, 1865)
Mycolybas egae Crotch, 1876
Mycolybas melanocorynus (Lacordaire, 1842)
Mycomystes sachi Mader, 1938

Mycolybas lucidus is a species of beetle of the Erotylidae family. This species is found in Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay and Argentina.

Adults reach a length of 5–9 mm and are around 4.75 mm wide.[1] The colour of the elytra, head and pronotum is orange red or orange.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin lucidus (meaning shiny) and refers to the shiny aspect of elytra and pronotum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Deelder, C.L. (1942): Revision of the Erotylidae (Coleoptera) of the Leiden Museum. Zool. Meded. 24(3): 49-115. Fulltext
  2. ↑ Taxonomic revision of Mycolybas Crotch, 1876 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae)
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