Platyderides arrowi

Platyderides arrowi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Platyderides
Species:
P. arrowi
Binomial name
Platyderides arrowi
(Schmidt, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius arrowi Schmidt, 1910

Platyderides arrowi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in China (Liaoning, Sichuan, Zhejiang).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). They have an elongate, subparallel, convex, shiny, nearly glabrous, piceous-brownish body. The clypeus and the sides of the pronotum are reddish and the antennal club is blackish.

References

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