Osphya flavomarginata
| Osphya flavomarginata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Melandryidae |
| Genus: | Osphya |
| Species: | O. flavomarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Osphya flavomarginata Shi, 2025
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Osphya flavomarginata is a species of beetle of the Melandryidae family. This species is only known from the type locality Tiechang Village in Yunlong County in China.
Adults reach a length of about 7.7 mm. The antennae are bicolored, with the apical four segments yellow. The pronotum is basally yellow and there is a yellow region along the posterior margin and the basal half of the lateral margins. The elytra are metallic green with golden recumbent setae.
Etymology
The name of the species is derived from Latin flav- (meaning yellow) and margin- (meaning margin) and refers to the distinctive narrow yellow margin on the base of the pronotum.[1]