Hister javanicus

Hister javanicus, is a species of clown beetle found in many Oriental countries including, Taiwan, Java, eastern India, Sri Lanka, and introduced to Africa.[1][2][3]

Hister javanicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Genus: Hister
Species:
H. javanicus
Binomial name
Hister javanicus
Paykull, 1811
Synonyms
  • Hister javanicus Ohara, 1989
  • Hister squalidus Ohara, 1989
  • Hister septemstriatus Dejean, 1821
  • Hister coracinus Erichson, 1834
  • Hister squalidus Erichson, 1834
  • Hister mandarinus Marseul, 1861
  • Hister corax Marseul, 1861
  • Hister carnaticus Lewis, 1885
  • Hister fortedentatus Desbordes, 1915
  • Hister angulicollis Bickhardt, 1919

Description

Body length of both sexes is about 4.1 to 6.7 mm. Body oval, and strongly convex and black in color. Vertex is feebly depressed at middle. Prosternal lobe rounded at apex, with complete marginal stria. Prosternal keel even, without carinal stria.[4] First to 4th dorsal elytral striae and pronotal marginal stria both are complete. Propygidium feebly depressed on each lateral side, and shiny. Propygidium irregularly and sparsely covered with coarse and deep punctures. Pygidium convex medially, deeply and coarsely punctate. Protibia consists with 2 or 3 denticles on outer margin.[5] Striation of elytrae is highly variable according to the geographical distribution. Anterior margin of the pronotum is deeply bisinuate.[6]

References
  1. "Hister javanicus Paykull, 1811 sec. Davis 1959". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  2. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Hister javanicus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  3. Mazur, Sławomir (September 2011). "Review of the Oriental Species of the Genus Hister Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Histeridae)". Annales Zoologici. pp. 483–512. doi:10.3161/000345411X603346. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  4. "Notes on six histerid beetles from Southern Asia (Coleoptera: Histeridae)" (PDF). Insecta matsumurana. New series: 42: 31-46 1989. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  5. "Hister javanicus". www.museum.hokudai.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  6. "A new species of Mister and notices of others (Col. Histeridae)". Revue suisse Zool. Tome 92 Fase. 3 p. 635-639 Genève, octobre 1985. Retrieved 2021-07-31.


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