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Sybaris testaceus

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Sybaris testaceus
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S. testaceus
Binomial name
Sybaris testaceus
(Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
  • Lytta testacea Fabricius, 1792
  • Cantharis testacea Fairmaire, 1896
  • Sybaris testacea Blair, 1921

Sybaris testaceus, is a species of blister beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

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Body length is about 8.7 to 16.6 mm. Head with moderately coarse deep and dense punctures. Eyes are small. Pronotum with moderately coarse, deep and dense punctures. Elytra brownish with a black band found at the apex. Legs are black. Ventrum black and covered with short pubescence. Male has deeply emarginate sixth visible abdominal sternum, in which female is feebly emarginate.[3]

References

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  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. ^ "Sybaris testaceus (Fabricius, 1792)". www.gbif.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.