Stigmodera cancellata

Stigmodera cancellata
Stigmodera cancellata. Mounted specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Stigmodera
Species: S. cancellata
Binomial name
Stigmodera cancellata
(Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Buprestis dejeaniana Boisduval, 1835
  • Buprestis cancellata Donovan, 1805

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Stigmodera cancellata, common name Red Spotted Jewel Beetle, is a species of beetles in the family Buprestidae.

Description

Stigmodera cancellata can reach a length of about 33 millimetres (1.3 in).[2] Elytra are dark greenish with six red spots and red edges, while pronotum is blackish.

Larvae live underground for up to 15 years.[3]

Distribution

This species can be found in the western Australia. [4]

References


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