Sybaris testaceus

Sybaris testaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Tenebrionoidea
Family:	Meloidae
Genus:	Sybaris
Species:	S. testaceus
Binomial name
	Sybaris testaceus; (Fabricius, 1792)
Synonyms
	Lytta testacea Fabricius, 1792; Cantharis testacea Fairmaire, 1896; Sybaris testacea Blair, 1921;

Sybaris testaceus, is a species of blister beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2]

Description

Body length is about 8.7 to 16.6 mm. Head with moderately coarse deep and dense punctures. Eyes are small. Pronotum with moderately coarse, deep and dense punctures. Elytra brownish with a black band found at the apex. Legs are black. Ventrum black and covered with short pubescence. Male has deeply emarginate sixth visible abdominal sternum, in which female is feebly emarginate.^[3]

References

^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
^ "Sybaris testaceus (Fabricius, 1792)". www.gbif.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-07-28.
^ "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

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[1] "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

[2] "Sybaris testaceus (Fabricius, 1792)". www.gbif.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-07-28.

[3] "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

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