Mylabris orientalis

Mylabris orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Meloidae
Genus: Mylabris
Species:
M. orientalis
Binomial name
Mylabris orientalis
Marseul, 1872

Mylabris orientalis, is a species of blister beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Description

Body length is about 27.4 mm. Head and pronotum with moderately coarse deep and dense punctures. Eyes longer and reniform. Pubescence in pronotum long and dense. Elytra with moderately coarse, shallow, very dense punctures. Ventrum moderately coarsely punctate and shiny. Male has deeply emarginate sixth visible abdominal sternum, in which female is emarginate.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ^ "Mylabris orientalis Marseul, 1872". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ "IRMNG - Mylabris orientalis Marseul, 1872". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  4. ^ "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.


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