Coilodes parvulus
| Coilodes parvulus | |
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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. parvulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Coilodes parvulus Westwood, 1846
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Coilodes parvulus is a species of beetle of the family Hybosoridae. This species is found in Brazil (Ceará, Bahia, Minas Gerais).
Adults reach a length of about 4.7–5.8 mm (males) and 5.3–6.9 mm (females). The colour of their body ranges from yellowish brown to dark brown, with the elytral inner and outer margins black.
Biology
[edit]This species has been collected in human faeces.[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