Discodon aurimaculatum

Discodon aurimaculatum is a species of beetle of the family Cantharidae. This species is found in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo).

Discodon aurimaculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Genus:	Discodon
Species:	D. aurimaculatum
Binomial name
Discodon aurimaculatum Biffi & Geiser, 2022[1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11.7–13 mm. They have a pitch black head. The pronotum is lustrous, partly translucent, with a broad irregular black band from the anterior to the posterior margin, wider anteriorly and near the posterior margin, and narrower near the anterior half. There are no lateral dark bands or patches. The background is pale yellow to light orange with barely defined orange regions. The scutellum and elytra are pitch black. There is a pale-yellow round spot at mid-length of each elytron, meeting the lateral borders but not meeting at the suture. The thorax, legs and abdomen are dark brown to black.

Etymology

The epithet refers to the dark yellowish to golden rounded elytral spots.^[2]