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Parastasia spinosa
Parastasia spinosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Thailand.
From the article Parastasia spinosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 12.55 mm (0.494 in). The head and legs are dark brown, while the pronotum, elytra, propygidium, pygidium, and ventral surface are glossy reddish brown. The antennae and scutellum are dark reddish brown.
In human culture
The species name is derived from Latin spinosa (meaning covered with spines) and refers to the median sac of the endophallus which is covered with three different types of spines.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1437987.