Oxytelus nigriceps
| Oxytelus nigriceps | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Oxytelus |
| Species: | O. nigriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxytelus nigriceps Kraatz, 1859
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Oxytelus nigriceps is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia. It is found in China, Hong Kong, South Korea,[1] Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.[2][3][4]
Description[edit]
Male and female both having similar length of about 4.1 mm. Body is brown in color. Head is dark brown in color with pitchy disc. Pronotum is darker brown. Elytra testaceous and legs are brownish. In male, head is sub-pentagonal. Clypeus sub-rectangular. Mandibles are slender and slightly curved. Epistomal suture with incurved lateral portions. Eyes are convex with coarse facets. Mandible is slender and slightly curved. Pronotum transverse. Elytra punctate and rugose. Abdomen coriaceous with dense fine hairs. Female is similar to male. Spermatheca slim and bent twice.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Lee, Seung-Il; Ahn, Kee-Jeong (2007). "The Korean Species of the Genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)". Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. pp. 21–33. doi:10.5635/KJSZ.2007.23.1.021. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- ^ a b Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2012-12-07). "Taxonomy of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) from China". Zootaxa. p. 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3576.1.1. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ Lü, Liang; Zhou, Hong-Zhang (2015-07-30). "Revision of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) in Southeast Asia". Zootaxa. p. 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3992.1.1. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Biodiversity of Staphylinids in cropped area of the Punjab (Pakistan)" (PDF). Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 48(2), 125-128. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
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