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Sceloenopla serraticornis

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ2158821 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sceloenopla serraticornis is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in French Guiana.

Description

Adults are elongate, subparallel, scarcely broader behind, subdepressed and black. The lower half of the face, two spots on the vertex behind the eyes, a broad submarginal vitta on either side of the thorax, together with its anterior margin, and a short humeral stripe on the elytra, are all fulvous.

Life history

No host plant has been documented for this species.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sceloenopla serraticornis” as species of beetle. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 79-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Sceloenopla, serraticornis and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of beetle. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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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 Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2158821. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sceloenopla serraticornis” 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.