Ischyrus impressopunctatus

Ischyrus impressopunctatus is a species of beetle of the genus Ischyrus.[1]

Ischyrus impressopunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Erotylidae
Genus: Ischyrus
Species:
I. impressopunctatus
Binomial name
Ischyrus impressopunctatus

Description

Its original description in Latin states that it is: [2]

"rufo-fulvus, oblongus, fortiter punctatus ; capita nigro, thorace fulvo, fortiter punctato, disco punctis 3 nigris in linea transversa, margine antico dentibus 2 approximatis, postico 2 separatis nigris; elytris rufo-fulvis, sutura nigra, fortius punctato-striatis, interstitis subtiliter punctatis, fascia basali valde dilacerata, maculis 2 fulvis includente, fascia subapicali depauperata, macula parva apicali libera ; corpore subtus rufo-piceo, prosterno rufo. L. 2 3/4 lin."

With an additional comment in English:

"Distinct by the coarse punctuation and the thorax with 3 black dots."

Range

An individual matching the original description was identified in Araçariguama, in São Paulo, Brazil in 2022.[3]

References
  1. "Ischyrus impressopunctatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  2. Crotch, George Robert (1901). A revision of the coleopterous family Erotylidae. Cambridge: University Press.
  3. Lubiana, Tiago (2022-10-20). "Ischyrus impressopunctatus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
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