Plesioxylion

Plesioxylion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Bostrichidae
Genus:
Species:
P. gambianus
Binomial name
Plesioxylion gambianus
(Borowski, 2018)
Synonyms
  • Amintinus gambianus Borowski, 2018

Plesioxylion is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. It consists of one species, Plesioxylion gambianus. It is found in Mali, Senegal and Gambia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2.4‒3.2 mm (males) and 3 mm (females). Males are dark brown to black with the antennae, palps, femora, tibiae (except for the protibiae) yellowish-brown. The coxae and protibiae are brown. Females are reddish brown with the antennae, palps, coxae, femora, tibiae (except for the protibiae) yellowish-brown. The protibiae are brown.[1]

References

  1. ^ Part of this text is from "A new West African genus of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera), and a key to the Afrotropical genera of tribe Xyloperthini" by Liu Y.-L. & Beaver R.A. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
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