Parastasia fakfakensis
| Parastasia fakfakensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Parastasia |
| Species: | P. fakfakensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parastasia fakfakensis Wada, 2008 | |
Parastasia fakfakensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10.6 mm (0.42 in). The antennal club, head, scutellum and elytra are dark brown to blackish brown, while the pronotum, propygidium, pygidium, legs and ventral surface are reddish brown to dark reddish brown. The pronotum has a v-shaped blackish brown patch and the elytra have a reddish brown patch.[3]
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Parastasia fakfakensis 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 July 14, 2026.
- 1 2 Wada, K. (2015). "Systematic study of the genus Parastasia Westwood, 1842 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Kyushu University: 1–567. Retrieved July 14, 2026.