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Ixorida albonotata

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Ixorida albonotata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Ixorida
Species:
I. albonotata
Binomial name
Ixorida albonotata
(Blanchard, 1842)
Synonyms

Macronota albonotata

Ixoridae albonotata is a species of flower chafer found in the forested regions of southern India, mainly in the Western Ghats. The species was originally described based on specimens from the Nilgiris.

This beetle originally placed in the genus Macronota is about 2 cm long and is shiny black with creamy white markings. A narrow median line on the prothorax with a narrowing to the front. This continues into the scutellum. The elytra have several spots. In the male the hind tibia has a fringe of long white hairs on the inner edge and the hind tarsus is longer than in the female.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Arrow, G.J. (1910). The Fauna of British India. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 45–46.
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