''Sepidium magnum'' is a species of beetles of the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...

Description

''Sepidium magnum'' can reach a body length of about and a body width of about . This species is among the largest of the genus. Body is brownish-black, while the head, prothorax, legs, and antennae show a pale fawn-coloured pubescence. Prothorax has a large prominent rounded tubercle. The surface of elytra is divided by two longitudinal sinuous carinse, with reticulating ridges on the sides.

Distribution

This species can be found in

Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...

References

Global Names Index

Universal Biological Indexer

Tenebrionidae Database
* C. J. Gahan, M.A., Gilbert J. Abrow
INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS FROM SOMALILAND
Pimeliinae Endemic fauna of Somalia Beetles described in 1900 {{Tenebrionidae-stub