Silvanus imitatus is a species of silvan flat bark beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1]
| Silvanus imitatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Silvanidae |
| Genus: | Silvanus |
| Species: | S. imitatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Silvanus imitatus Pal and Sengupta, 1977
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Description
editAverage length is about 2.41 mm. Body elongated, and moderately depressed. Dorsum uniformly reddish brown in color and covered with short, semierect, golden pubescence. Eyes large and temple short. Antenna long and slender, with large scape and narrow pedicel. Prothorax convex, and almost equal in length and breadth. Prothorax generally broader, excluding anterior spines. Puncturation on head and pronotum are slightly coarser. Lateral margins of elytra are more distinctly wavy at middle. Scutellum large, transverse and pubescent.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Silvanus imitatus Pal & Sen Gupta, 1977". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ "Systematics of Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia) from India and some neighbouring areas" (PDF). ir.nbu.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-07-08.