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Macropoides crassipes

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 11, 2024
Entity authorityQ14903692 ↗
Source-derived summary

Macropoides crassipes is a species of beetles of the scarab beetle family.

Description

Macropoides crassipes can reach a length of about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). Head, pronotum and elytra are completely yellow, with brown legs. Larvae develop in rotten logs. Adults can be found from March to December.

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found in rain forests of the southern México at an elevation of 100–1,600 metres (330–5,250 ft) above sea level.

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This entry incorporates text from “Macropoides crassipes” 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.