Plesioxylion
| Plesioxylion | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Bostrichidae |
| Genus: | Plesioxylion |
| Species: | P. gambianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plesioxylion gambianus (Borowski, 2018) | |
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Plesioxylion is a genus of horned powder-post beetles in the family Bostrichidae. It consists of one species, Plesioxylion gambianus. It is found in Mali, Senegal and Gambia.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 2.4‒3.2 mm (males) and 3 mm (females). Males are dark brown to black with the antennae, palps, femora, tibiae (except for the protibiae) yellowish-brown. The coxae and protibiae are brown. Females are reddish brown with the antennae, palps, coxae, femora, tibiae (except for the protibiae) yellowish-brown. The protibiae are brown.[1]
References
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