Megaloxantha bicolor

Megaloxantha bicolor is a species of metallic wood-boring beetles in the family Buprestidae.

Megaloxantha bicolor
Megaloxantha bicolor, mounted specimen at National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Megaloxantha
Species:	M. bicolor
Binomial name
Megaloxantha bicolor (Fabricius, 1775)

Description

Megaloxantha bicolor is a large Buprestid, reaching a length of about 75 millimetres (3.0 in). The typical colour of these beetles is metallic green, though it can also be blue, reddish, or blackish. They feature two large yellow or whitish bands, one near the base and another postmedian. The pronotal sides are usually bright orange-yellow.

Distribution

This species can be found from India to Vietnam, Australia and the Philippines.

Subspecies

• Megaloxantha bicolor arcuatifasciata Kurosawa, 1978
• Megaloxantha bicolor bicolor (Fabricius, 1778)
• Megaloxantha bicolor brunnea (Saunders, 1866)
• Megaloxantha bicolor gigantea (Schaller, 1783) (India)
• Megaloxantha bicolor hainana Kurosawa, 1991
• Megaloxantha bicolor luodiana Yang & Xie, 1993
• Megaloxantha bicolor matsudai Endo, 1992 (Indonesia)
• Megaloxantha bicolor nigricornis (Deyrolle, 1864) (Malaysia)
• Megaloxantha bicolor nishiyamai Endo, 1992 (Philippines)
• Megaloxantha bicolor ohtanii Kurosawa, 1991 (Indonesia, Vietnam)
• Megaloxantha bicolor palawanica Kurosawa, 1978 (Philippines)
• Megaloxantha bicolor porphyreus Hou & Wu, 1996 (Vietnam)
• Megaloxantha bicolor sakaii Kurosawa, 1991

Gallery

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  Megaloxantha bicolor gigantea from India. Mounted specimen from Cologne Zoo, Germany
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  Megaloxantha bicolor from Java
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  Megaloxantha bicolor porphyreus from Vietnam

References

• Biolib

External links

• World Field Guide