Homalocerus bimaculatus

Homalocerus bimaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Belidae
Genus: Homalocerus
Species:
H. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Homalocerus bimaculatus
Vanin, 2014

Homalocerus bimaculatus is a species of beetle of the family Belidae. This species is found in Brazil (São Paulo).[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11 mm. They have a black head and testaceous antennae. The pronotum has three areas of carmine pubescence and the elytra are black with two lateral, postmedian, oval spots consisting of whitish pubescence.

Etymology

The epithet refers to the two whitish elytral spots.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ A new species of Homalocerus Schoenherr from the Atlantic coast of the State of São Paulo, Brazil (Coleoptera, Belidae, Belinae), with notes on color pattern and on the sclerites of the internal sac