Sexing the “drop-drop” beetle, Psiloptera pertyi (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

• Published in: Revista colombiana de entomología Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 146 - 147
• Main Authors: Molinario de Souza, Rodolfo, Dos Anjos, Norivaldo, de Nadai, Janaína, Diniz Silveira, Rodrigo, Cordeiro, Glaucia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Sociedad Colombiana de Entomologia 01.07.2007
• Subjects: Buprestidae; Coleoptera

The sexual description of adult Psiloptera pertyi was carried out through observations of their external morphological characteristics. Males have their first five abdominal sternites, as well as the seventh and eighth, strongly sclerotized. Females have a similar morphology except the eighth abdomi...