Thaumastopeus nigritus

Thaumastopeus nigritus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Thaumastopeus
Species:
T. nigritus
Binomial name
Thaumastopeus nigritus
Frölich, 1792
Synonyms
  • Cetonia nigrita Frölich, 1792 nec Fabricius, 1775
  • Macronota anthracina Wiedemann, 1823
  • Thaumastopeus simillimus Kraatz, 1898
  • Lomaptera viridiaenea Gory & Percheron, 1833

Thaumastopeus nigritus is a species of scarab beetle belonging to subfamily Cetoniinae.

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1792 by Josef Aloys Frölich under the name Cetonia nigrita. This species has two subspecies:[1]

  • Thaumastopeus nigritus nigritus (Frölich, 1792)
  • Thaumastopeus nigritus nigroaeneus (Waterhouse, 1841)

Morphology

A beetle with a body 27 to 28 mm long, quite flattened, and elongated in outline. The cuticle of the entire body is naked, shiny and black. The head has a long, deeply cut clypeus with sharp angles and a coarsely spotted surface. The pronotum has finely punctate lateral parts. The surface of the elytra is very smooth and slightly wrinkled on the sides and top. The mesosternum has a narrow interiliac, narrowing anteriorly. The sternum is slender and curved.[2]

Distribution

An insect belonging to the Indomalaya, distributed from southern China, mainland India, Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia (including Java).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Security check". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  2. ^ a b Phisut ʻĒkʻamnūai (2008). Beetles of Thailand. Fascinating insects (2nd ed.). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Siam Insect Zoo & Museum. ISBN 978-974-289-045-2.


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