Lagria cuprina is a species of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae.[1][2]
Lagria cuprina | |
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Lagria cuprina from Uganda. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Lagria |
Species: | L. cuprina
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Binomial name | |
Lagria cuprina Thomson, 1858
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Description
editLagria cuprina can reach a length of about 9 millimetres (0.35 in). Body is oblong, prothorax is almost square, thorax and prothorax are densely punctuated. Elytra are reddish or coppery.[3]
Distribution
editThis species is present in the tropical Africa.
References
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