Discodon viridimontanum
| Discodon viridimontanum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Genus: | Discodon |
| Species: | D. viridimontanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Discodon viridimontanum Biffi & Geiser, 2022[1]
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Discodon viridimontanum is a species of beetle of the family Cantharidae. This species is found in Brazil (Minas Gerais).
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10.4 mm. They have a pitch black head. The pronotum is lustrous, partly translucent, with a broad irregular black band from the anterior to the posterior margin, wider anteriorly and near the posterior margin, and narrower near the anterior half. The background is pale yellow with barely diffuse orange patches. The scutellum and elytra pitch black, slightly lustrous; at mid-length of each elytron, rounded whitish spot nearly reaching lateral borders but not meeting at suture. Thorax, legs and abdomen dark brown to black.
Etymology
The epithet refers to the type locality of the species, Monte Verde (Minas Gerais state, Brazil), which translates to green hill from Portuguese.[2]
References
- ^ "Discodon viridimontanum Biffi & Geiser, 2022". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
- ^ Biffi, Gabriel; Geiser, Michael (23 August 2022). "A revision of Discodon tricolor (Guérin-Méneville) and its mimics from the Atlantic forests of Brazil (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 834 (1): 148–189. Retrieved October 6, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.