Pactolinus gigas is a species of the Histeridae family of Beetles.[3]

Pactolinus gigas
Pactolinus gigas. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
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P. gigas
Binomial name
Pactolinus gigas
(Paykull, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Hister validus Erichson,1834[1][2]

Description edit

Pactolinus gigas has a black body, flat and ovoid. Elytra are shortened and antennae are elbowed with clubbed ends. The mandible mouthpart is well developed. These beetles feed on dung beetle larvae of the genus Ontophagus.[4]

Distribution edit

This species can be found in the Tropical Africa.[5][6]

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