Atholus coelestis explained

Atholus coelestis, is a species of clown beetle found in Indo-Pacific regional countries such as Tajikistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Japan, Taiwan, Indochina, Java, Philippines, Indonesia, Celebes and Comores.[1] [2] [3]

Description

Male is about 2.57 to 3.81 mm, whereas female is 3.09 to 3.57 mm in length. Body oval, and feebly depressed. Body color is black with shine. Tibiae, tarsi and antennae are reddish brown. Frontal stria of head is complete and carinate. The disk is densely covered with coarse punctures. Epipleural fossette of elytra sparsely clothed with fine punctures. Marginal epipleural stria and external subhumeral stria are absent. Marginal elytral stria complete and deeply impressed. Pygidium with alutaceous ground sculpture. Propygidium sparsely and irregularly scattered with coarse punctures. Presternal keel is narrow and without carinal stria.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The histerid beetles (Coleoptera, Histeridae) of the Oriental region deposited in the Beetle Collection of Daugavpils University (DUBC) . 2021-07-30 . Linzer biol. Beitr. 47/2 1451-1466 30.12.2015.
  2. Web site: New records of Atholus coelestis (Coleoptera, Histeridae) from Okinawa-jima and Kuro-shima, The Ryukyus, Japan . 2021-07-30 . Taxonomy of the superfamily Histeroidea.
  3. Web site: Atholus coelestis (Marseul, 1857) . 2021-07-31 . www.gbif.org . en.
  4. Web site: A Revision of the Japanese Species of the Genus Atholus (Coleoptera, Histeridae), Part 1 . 2021-07-30 . Elytra, Tokyo, 20 (2): 167-182, November 15, 1992.