Tiphysa plumbea
| Tiphysa plumbea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Coccinellidae |
| Genus: | Tiphysa |
| Species: | T. plumbea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiphysa plumbea Mulsant, 1850 | |
Tiphysa plumbea is a species of beetle of the Coccinellidae family. It is found in French Guiana.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 5-5.2 mm. They have a black body. The pronotum is dull black with a metallic green tinge and yellow borders. The elytron is shiny black with a metallic green tinge.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Canepari, Claudio; Gordon, Robert D. Gordon; Hanley, Guy A. (2016). "South American Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Part XVII: Systematic revision of the genera Cyrea Gordon and Canepari and Tiphysa Mulsant (Hyperaspidinae: Brachiacanthini)". Insecta Mundi 0486.