Sybaris testaceus explained

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]

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: Sybaris testaceus (Fabricius, 1792) . 2021-07-28 . www.gbif.org . pt.
  3. Web site: The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka. . 2021-07-26 . Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251.