Saprosites parallelus

Saprosites parallelus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Saprosites
Species:
S. parallelus
Binomial name
Saprosites parallelus
Harold, 1867

Saprosites parallelus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico (Hidalgo), Panama and Peru.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.2–4.8 mm (0.17–0.19 in). The head is punctate, with the punctures near the clypeal margin minute, and the punctures at and near the frons slightly larger. The pronotum has fine and coarse punctures, the latter more scattered, and closer near the lateral margins. The discal interstriae on the elytra have punctures as coarse as the lateral ones. The abdominal ventrites have minute scattered punctures.

Life history

This species has been collected inside dead trees at altitudes ranging from 810 to 3000 metres.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Saprosites parallelus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Gama, E. R.; Skelley, P. E.; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2026). "Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 1038 (1): 1–225. Retrieved September 21, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.