Oxytelus migrator Fauvel 1904

Oxytelus migrator is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia and Europe.^[1] It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka.^[2][3][4]

Description

Generally a smaller beetle, where the male is about 2.8 mm and female is 2.6 mm in length. Body is brown to pitchy. Head and pronotum are darker brown. Elytral bases are black in color. Mandibles are slender and slightly curved. In male, head is sub-pentagonal. Clypeus flat, and slightly protruding. Epistomal suture with incurved lateral portions. Eyes are convex, with coarse facets. Mandible is slender and slightly curved. Pronotum transverse. Elytra punctate and rugose. Abdomen coriaceous and covered with dense fine hairs. In female, head is more triangular. Mandibles are larger and more robust than male. Spermatheca U-shaped and bent twice.^[2]

References

Oxytelus migrator adolah kumbang dari famili Staphylinidae. Spesies ko juo marupokan bagian dari ordo Coleoptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia.

Kumbang iko biasonyo punyo elitra nan pendek.

Rujuakan

• Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). [1]/match/1 "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist."]. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/Staphylinidae]/match/1. Diakses pado 24 September 2012.