Silvanoprus distinguendus

Silvanoprus distinguendus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Silvanidae
Genus:	Silvanoprus
Species:	S. distinguendus
Binomial name
	Silvanoprus distinguendus; Sen Gupta & Pal, 1996

Silvanoprus distinguendus, is a species of silvan flat bark beetle native to India and Sri Lanka. It is also introduced to Belarus.^[1]

Description

Average length is about 2.63 to 2.68 mm. Very similar to Silvanoprus longicollis. Can be separated by long and broad antennal scape, distinctly elongated antennal joints 9 and 10 as well as longer temple. Lateral margins of the prothorax are distinctly sinuate and found across anterior one-fourth. In male, aedeagus has a broad and blunt apical projection of median lobe. Boyd is elongated, and slightly depressed. Dorsum is yellowish brown in color and covered with short, semi-erect, golden pubescence. Eyes are short and coarsely faceted. Convex prothorax is elongated and almost parallel sided. Scutellum large and transverse. Elytra long and broad.^[2]

References

^ "Checklist of Cucujoidea (Coleoptera) of Belarus (Eastern Europe)" (PDF). leoptera) of Belarus (Eastern Europe) 333 Konstantinov, Tishechkin, Penev (eds.) 2005 Contributions to Systematics and Biology of Beetles Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Igor Konstantinovich Lopatin, pp. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ "Species in the Genus Silvanoprus reittr" (PDF). ir.nbu.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

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[1] "Checklist of Cucujoidea (Coleoptera) of Belarus (Eastern Europe)" (PDF). leoptera) of Belarus (Eastern Europe) 333 Konstantinov, Tishechkin, Penev (eds.) 2005 Contributions to Systematics and Biology of Beetles Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Igor Konstantinovich Lopatin, pp. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

[2] "Species in the Genus Silvanoprus reittr" (PDF). ir.nbu.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

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