Sybaris yakkala, is a species of blister beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Sybaris yakkala
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S. yakkala
Binomial name
Sybaris yakkala
Mohamedsaid, 1979

Description

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Body length is about 10.3 to 13.7 mm. Head with coarse deep and moderately dense punctures. Eyes are moderately large. Pronotum with coarse, deep and moderately dense punctures. Elytra brownish with a black band found at the apex. Legs are black except femora base. Ventrum brown and covered with short dense pubescence. Male has moderately deeply emarginate sixth visible abdominal sternum, in which female is feebly emarginate.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ^ "Sybaris yakkala". gni.globalnames.org. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.