Silvanus recticollis is a species of silvan flat bark beetle found in Afro-Oriental regions.[1]
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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. recticollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Silvanus recticollis Reitter, 1876
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Distribution
editIt is found in many Oriental countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Sulawesi, Japan, Thailand, and Iriomote Islands.[2] In African region, it is found in Ethiopia, Mauritania, Congo, Zaire, and Zimbabwe.[3] In 2019, the species was recorded from Poland for the first time.[4] It is also found in the Sardinia island of Italy,[5] and from Florida, USA.[6]
Description
editIt is a small, dull species with an average length of about 1.69 to 2.19 mm. The body is elongated, and moderately depressed. Dorsum is uniformly yellowish brown and covered with short, semi-erect, with golden pubescence. Head slightly broader than long. Vertex densely punctured with coarse punctures but clypeus is less densely punctured. Pronotum slightly longer than broad, appearing quadrate.[3] Eyes small with long temple. Antenna moderately long and slender with large scape and short pedicel. Prothorax convex, slightly elongated and quadrate. Scutellum moderately large, transverse and pubescent.[2]
References
edit- ^ "On a collection of Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from Arunachal Pradesh, India with two new species and a larva". Rec. zool. Surv. India: 112(Part-4): 61-84,2. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ a b "Systematics of Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia) from India and some neighbouring areas" (PDF). ir.nbu.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ a b "A revision of the genus Silvanus Latreille (sl)(Coleoptera: Silvanidae)" (PDF). bishopmuseum. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ "New distributional data on the Silvanidae (Coleoptera) in Poland". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ "SILVANUS MUTICUS SHARP, 1899: AN AMERICAN SILVANID FOUND OUT-OF-DOORS IN TWO GREEK ISLANDS" (PDF). visitmuve. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Frank, J. Howard; McCoy, Earl D. (1992). "Introduction to the Behavioral Ecology of Immigration. The Immigration of Insects to Florida, with a Tabulation of Records Published Since 1970". The Florida Entomologist. pp. 1–28. doi:10.2307/3495477. Retrieved 2021-07-09.