Discodon viridimontanum

Discodon viridimontanum is a species of beetle of the family Cantharidae. This species is found in Brazil (Minas Gerais).

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.4 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. The background is pale yellow with barely diffuse orange patches. The scutellum and elytra pitch black, slightly lustrous; at mid-length of each elytron, rounded whitish spot nearly reaching lateral borders but not meeting at suture. Thorax, legs and abdomen dark brown to black.

Etymology

The epithet refers to the type locality of the species, Monte Verde (Minas Gerais state, Brazil), which translates to green hill from Portuguese.^[2]