Cyphogastra foveicollis

Cyphogastra foveicollis
Cyphogastra foveicollis. Mounted specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Chrysochroinae
Genus: Cyphogastra
Species: C. foveicollis
Binomial name
Cyphogastra foveicollis
(Boisduval, 1835)

Cyphogastra foveicollis is a Jewel Beetle of the Buprestidae family.[1]

Description

Cyphogastra foveicollis reaches about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) in length. The basic colour of the elytra and thorax may be metallic dark green or dark purplish.

Distribution

This species occurs in West Papua. [2]

References

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