Morphostenophanes metallicus

Zhou, De-Yao, 2020, A revision of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini), Zootaxa 4769 (1), pp. 1-81 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4769.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3815915
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scientific name	Morphostenophanes metallicus
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Morphostenophanes metallicus species group ( metallicus -group)

The Morphostenophanes metallicus species group is characterized by relatively small body size, extremely slender antennae and legs; head and pronotum with very smooth surfaces, with intense metallic luster; elytra shortened, fusiform, striate, intervals evenly convex, or intermittently expanded and convex, forming tubercles; ovipositor shortened, abruptly narrowing terminally from apical third.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Morphostenophanes

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