Lagria cuprina

Lagria cuprina
Lagria cuprina from Uganda. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Lagriinae
Genus: Lagria
Species: L. cuprina
Binomial name
Lagria cuprina
Thomson,1858

Lagria cuprina is a species of beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. [1][2]<

Description

Lagria cuprina can reach a length of about 9 millimetres (0.35 in). Body is oblong, prothorax is almost square, thorax and prothorax are densely punctuated. Elytra are reddish or coppery.[3]

Distribution

This species is present in the tropical Africa.

References


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