Parastasia laratina
| Parastasia laratina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Parastasia |
| Species: | P. laratina |
| Binomial name | |
| Parastasia laratina Ohaus, 1903 | |
Parastasia laratina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Larat).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in). In males, the head is dark reddish to black, while the rest of the body is completely reddish brown, with the anterior and posterior margins of the pronotum, margins of the scutellum and elytral suture darkened. Females have the head, pronotum, scutellum and elytra black, sometimes with a reddish hue. The rest of the body is dark reddish black.[3]
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved July 3, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Parastasia laratina 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 3, 2026.
- 1 2 Kuijten, P. J. (1992). "A Revision of the genus Parastasia in the Indo-Australian Region (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)" (PDF). Zoologische Verhandelingen. 275: 1–207. Retrieved July 3, 2026.