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Didimus parastictus

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Didimus parastictus
Didimus parastictus from Bioko Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Passalidae
Genus: Didimus
Species:
D. parastictus
Binomial name
Didimus parastictus
Imhoff, 1843

Didimus parastictus is a species of beetles of the family Passalidae.[1]

Description

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Body is elongate-cylindrical and black overall. The head is narrower than the thorax. The elytra are elongate with almost parallel sides, and heavily striated.

Distribution

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This species is present in the countries of the Gulf of Guinea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Schuster, Jack; Reyes-Castillo, Pedro (1990). "Passalidae: New Larval Descriptions from Taiwan, Philippine Islands, Brunei and Ivory Coast". The Florida Entomologist. 73 (2): 267–273. doi:10.2307/3494810. ISSN 0015-4040.
  2. ^ Hallan, Joel Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Biology Catalog de la Universidad de Texas