Horia fabriciana explained

Horia fabriciana, is a species of blister beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Israel and Egypt.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Description

Body length is about 20 mm. Head with sparse punctures and fine, dense pubescence. Pronotum with fine dense punctures with fine sparse pubescence. Legs consists with weekly compressed tarsi. Ventrum with long pubescence which become denser in thorax and sparse in abdomen. Male has deeply emarginate fifth visible abdominal sternum and round narrow pygidium. Female has emarginate sixth visible abdominal sternum.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora . 2021-07-25 . Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Horia fabriciana Betrem, 1929 . 2021-07-28 . www.gbif.org . en.
  3. Web site: IRMNG - Horia fabriciana Betrem, 1929 . 2021-07-28 . www.irmng.org.
  4. Web site: Descriptions of the triungulins of Synhoria testacea (Fabricius) and another undetermined African species (Coleoptera: Meloidae), with data on Horiini larvae . 2021-07-26 . journals.co.za.
  5. Friedman . Ariel-Leib-Leonid . 2023-12-31 . Horia fabriciana Betrem 1929 (Meloidae: Nemognathinae: Horiini), new record for Israel . Israel Journal of Entomology . en . 52 . 51–55 . 2224-6304.
  6. Web site: The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka. . 2021-07-26 . Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251.