Pactolinus gigas
| Pactolinus gigas | |
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| Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Histeridae |
| Genus: | Pactolinus |
| Species: | P. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| Pactolinus gigas (Paykull, 1811)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Pactolinus gigas is a species of the Histeridae family of beetles.[3]
Description
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
This species can be found in the Tropical Africa.[5][6]
References
- ^ Lund University
- ^ Histerid specimens of Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg, France
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Rolf G. Beutel, Richard Leschen Handbook of Zoology - Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga)
- ^ Penati Fabio A contribution to the knowledge of the histerid fauna of Malaŵi (Coleoptera: Histeridae), and an up-to-date checklist
- ^ T. Yelamos DATA ON AFROTROPICAL HISTERIDAE (COLEOPTERA), WITH DESCRIPTION OF HISTER SINDARAE