Pactolinus gigas

Pactolinus gigas
	Pactolinus gigas. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Histerinae
Tribe:	Histerini
Genus:	Pactolinus
Species:	P. gigas
Binomial name
	Pactolinus gigas; (Paykull, 1811)
Synonyms
	Hister validus Erichson,1834[1][2];

Pactolinus gigas is a species of the Histeridae family of Beetles.[3]

Description

Pactolinus gigas has a black body, flat and ovoid. Elytra are shortened and antennae are elbowed with clubbed ends. The mandible mouthpart is well developed. These beetles feed on dung beetle larvae of the genus Ontophagus.[4]

Distribution

This species can be found in the Tropical Africa.[5][6]

References

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[1] Lund University

[2] Histerid specimens of Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg, France

[3] Encyclopedia of Life

[4] Rolf G. Beutel, Richard Leschen Handbook of Zoology - Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga)

[5] Penati Fabio A contribution to the knowledge of the histerid fauna of Malaŵi (Coleoptera: Histeridae), and an up-to-date checklist

[6] T. Yelamos DATA ON AFROTROPICAL HISTERIDAE (COLEOPTERA), WITH DESCRIPTION OF HISTER SINDARAE