Saprosites breviusculus
| Saprosites breviusculus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Saprosites |
| Species: | S. breviusculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saprosites breviusculus Harold, 1867 | |
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Saprosites breviusculus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in). The head is punctate, with the punctures minute near the anterior margin of the clypeus and fine near and on the frons. The pronotum is quadrate and densely punctate with fine and coarse punctures. The lateral interstriae on the elytra are less coarsely punctate than the discal interstriae. The abdominal ventrites are coarsely and densely punctate.[3]
Life history
[edit]This species has been collected inside rotten logs, litter and sticks with fungus at altitudes ranging from 111 to 760 metres.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Saprosites breviusculus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Gama, E. R.; Skelley, P. E.; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2026). "Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 1038 (1): 1–225. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
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