Coilodes ovalis
| Coilodes ovalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Genus: | Coilodes |
| Species: | C. ovalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilodes ovalis Robinson, 1948
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Coilodes ovalis is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6.7 mm (males) and 5.2–7.1 mm (females). The colour of their body ranges from yellowish brown to dark brown. Specimens sometimes have darker spots.
Biology
[edit]This species has been collected in human and bovine faeces, as well as in chicken meat.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Part of this text is from “A look beyond the colour: taxonomic revision of Coilodes Westwood, 1846 (Coleoptera, Hybosoridae), with the description of six new species” by Basílio, et al. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license