Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) strobeli (Steinheil)

Aballay, Fernando H., Arriagada, Gerardo, Flores, Gustavo E. & Nestor D. Centeno,, 2013, An illustrated key to and diagnoses of the species of Histeridae (Coleoptera) associated with decaying carcasses in Argentina, ZooKeys 261, pp. 61-84 : 70-71

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.261.4226

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scientific name

Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) strobeli (Steinheil)
status

 

Euspilotus (Hesperosaprinus) strobeli (Steinheil) View in CoL Figure 17

Diagnosis.

Medium to large size (length: 3.5-4.0 mm, width: 2.9-3.9 mm). Body black to metallic blue. Pronotum with a large, shiny disc with finer and sparse punctation, with coarse and dense punctation on lateral area and in a single depression on each side close to anterior angles. Pronotal hypomeron glabrous in dorsal view. Elytron with finer and sparse punctation in the intervals on proximal half; distal half with coarse and dense ocellate punctation, a small puncture within a large puncture, with a smooth, shining area between the fourth dorsal and sutural striae; elytral striae 1-2 almost complete, 3-4 reduced but surpassing the middle of elytron on posterior half, fourth dorsal and sutural striae connected by a rounded arch, lacking inner subhumeral stria. Pygidium with ocellate punctation and with a complete subapical groove in the middle with internal ramifications. Protibiae with outer margin expanded and 7-8 short, reddish denticles.

Distribution.

Argentina and South Brazil ( Mazur 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Histeridae

Genus

Euspilotus