Operclipygus plicatus (Hinton 1935)

Phelister plicatus adolah kumbang dari famili Histeridae. Spesies ko juo marupokan bagian dari ordo Coleoptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia.

Kumbang iko punyo elitra nan pendek dan antena.

This species is extremely similar to Operclipygus farctus and Operclipygus bidessois, differing mainly in the following characters: frontal stria rather evenly, weakly rounded across front; pronotal disk with basal plicae; lateral submarginal pronotal stria present only in apical half to third, obsolete basally; anterolateral pronotal marginal gland opening nearer anterior pronotal angle; elytra with outer subhumeral stria complete, inner subhumeral represented by a fine basal scratch, striae 1-4 complete, 5th stria present in apical fourth, sutural stria present in apical two-thirds; prosternum narrow, carinal striae converging strongly, parallel in apical two-thirds; connected by slightly bulbous anterior arch; posterior edge of prosternal keel emarginate but mesoventral margin not projecting; mesoventral marginal stria interrupted at middle by arched mesometaventral stria; propygidial punctures round, moderately dense basally, becoming both smaller and sparser posteriorly; pygidial punctures very fine and sparse, lacking coarser secondary punctures; marginal pygidial sulcus absent. Male not known.