Eotrichia ciliaticollis
species of beetle
Eotrichia ciliaticollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Vietnam.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 18–23 mm (0.71–0.91 in). They are reddish-brown, almost dull above, with the head and pronotum darker. The head is coarsely and wrinkledly punctate, and the margin of the clypeus is slightly upturned, and emarginate anteriorly in the middle. The antennae are brown. The pronotum is twice as wide as it is long and rather densely punctate. The punctures are not deep on the disc, but coarser on the sides, and the interstices are wrinkled. The sides of the pronotum are arched and crenate, with long, yellowish-brown cilia. The scutellum is quite densely punctured, with a smooth midline.
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