Plesioxylion
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Family: | Bostrichidae |
Genus: | Plesioxylion |
Species: | P. gambianus
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Binomial name | |
Plesioxylion gambianus (Borowski, 2018)
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Plesioxylion is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. It consists of one species, Plesioxylion gambianus. It is found in Mali, Senegal and Gambia.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 2.4‒3.2 mm (males) and 3 mm (females). Males are dark brown to black with the antennae, palps, femora, tibiae (except for the protibiae) yellowish-brown. The coxae and protibiae are brown. Females are reddish brown with the antennae, palps, coxae, femora, tibiae (except for the protibiae) yellowish-brown. The protibiae are brown.[1]