Melinopterus villarreali
| Melinopterus villarreali | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Melinopterus |
| Species: | M. villarreali
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| Binomial name | |
| Melinopterus villarreali (Baraud, 1975)
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Melinopterus villarreali is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Morocco, Portugal and Spain.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4.5 mm. The head is black, with a well-defined, orbicular yellow spot on each side of the clypeus. The pronotum is black, bordered with testaceous broadly along the sides and narrowly along the base. The scutellum is black and the elytra are testaceous with a large nebulous spot on the disc. The underside is black and the legs are testaceous.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Melinopterus villarreali 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 February 10, 2026.
- ^ a b Baraud, J. (1975). "Coléoptères Scarabaeoidea nouveaux ou méconnus de Espagne et du Maroc (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Eos. Revista Española de Entomología. 49: 37–47. Retrieved February 10, 2026.