Erytodes

Erytodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Erytodes
Schmidt, 1917
Species:
E. confirmatus
Binomial name
Erytodes confirmatus
(Schmidt, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius (Erytodes) Schmidt, 1917
  • Aphodius (Erytodes) confirmatus Schmidt, 1917

Erytodes is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Erytodes confirmatus, which is found in India (Tamil Nadu).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm (0.22 in). They have an elongate-oval, strongly convex, shiny, glabrous, dark brown-reddish body, with the margin of the clypeus, sides and base of the pronotum, scutellum and elytral base paler.

References

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