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Elmomorphus depressus

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ130391898 ↗
Source-derived summary

Elmomorphus depressus is a species of beetle of the Dryopidae family. This species is found in China (Guangxi).

Description

Adults reach a length of 3.58 mm (females). Their body is oblong oval and integument black, while the mouth parts, antennae, trochanters and tarsi are reddish brown.

Etymology

The species name is Latin and refers to the depression on the prosternal process.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Elmomorphus depressus” is species of beetle. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Elmomorphus, depressus and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 61-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Elmomorphus, depressus and species is the immediate research focus.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q130391898. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Elmomorphus depressus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.