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Hoplosternus incanus Motschulsky, 1853

Самец Hoplosternus incanus

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Scarabeiformia → superfamily Scarabaeoidea → family Scarabaeidae → subfamily Melolonthinae → tribe Melolonthini → genus Hoplosternus → species Hoplosternus incanus

Species name(s)

Hoplosternus incanus Motschulsky, 1853.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:1037180

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Самец Hoplosternus incanus

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Japan, Korea Peninsula, To China. Regions of Russia: South of Primorsky Krai [252].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • The pygidium at the apex is blunted, not extended into a bifurcated process. The anterior process of the mid-thorax is very long; narrowed to the apex, it reaches the middle of the anterior basins. Blackish-brown; pronotum whole or partly, head and scutellum dark, reddish-brown, elytra yellow-brown. The body, especially the upper side, is covered with thick yellow-gray or yellowish-white fine hairs, b. m. hiding the main background. In the former USSR, 1 type was listed. [252].

General info about Imago

  • Active at night. [252].

Imago food plants / other food objects

  • Beetles feed on oak and alder leaves. [252].

Imago lifespan

  • July-aug [252].

General info about Larva

  • They develop in sandy and sandy loam soils. [252].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Yuri Semejkin.

References

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