Passalus punctiger
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| Passalus punctiger | |
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| Passalus punctiger. Mounted specimen on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Passalidae |
| Genus: | Passalus |
| Species: | P. punctiger |
| Binomial name | |
| Passalus punctiger Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825 | |
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Passalus punctiger is a beetle of the family Passalidae.[2]
Passalus punctiger can reach a length of about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). Body is flattened and completely black, with yellowish hairs on elytral shoulders and anterior sides. Elytra show deep grooves and a strong punctation. Antennae have long lamellae.[3]
