Pelidnota sumptuosa

Pelidnota sumptuosa
Museum specimen of Pelidnota sumptuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Pelidnota
Species: P. sumptuosa
Binomial name
Pelidnota sumptuosa
Vigors, 1825

Pelidnota sumptuosa is a species of beetles belonging to the Scarabaeidae family.

Description

Pelidnota burmeisteri can reach a body length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). Head, pronotum and elytra are completely shining metallic green.

Distribution

This species occurs in Brazil and Paraguay.

References


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