Real Stripe Spotted Bombardier Beetle - Pheropsophus occipitalis specimen encased in clear lucite material. The specimen is crystal clear, transparent and indestructible. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real beetle right at your fingertips!

Anyone can safely explore the beetle from every angle. I

t is clear enough for microscope observation.

Length of the beetle body is 1.5 cm (0.6 inch).

Size of the lucite block is 4.3x2.9x1.8 cm (1.7x1.2x0.7 inch).

Weight of the block is 30 g and 45 g with packing box.

It is an ideal learning aid for students and kids and also a very good collectible item for every body.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing are just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.
 

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Stripe Spotted Bombardier Beetle - Pheropsophus occipitalis

Order: Coleoptera  Family: Carabidae  Subfamily: Brachininae   Tribe: Brachinini   Subtribe: Pheropsophina   Genus: Pheropsophus

Length: 15.0–19.0 mm

Colour: Head yellow with black spots on vertex, anterior and posterior black spot connected by middle narrow black line; antennal segment 1–2 reddish yellow and rest reddish brown; pronotum dark black, with two lateral yellow spots, in dumbbell shaped black background; elytra black with humeral spots; legs reddish yellow with hind femur with black spot on apex.

Head: Eyes protruding; pronounced wrinkles on neck.

Pronotum: Glabrous, smooth, shiny; anterior margin curved inwards; disc laterally with anterior margin convex, narrow posteriorly with posterior 1/3 rd of lateral margin diverging rather than parallel; posterior margin straight.

Elytra: Subparallel rather than convex, narrowed toward base; humeral spot large, extending somewhat posteriorly; median band narrow; lateral edge with yellow margin starting from the humeral spot and joins the prominent yellow apical band; disc matt and finely pubescent; narrow, deep striations with wider intervals.

Geographical distribution.INDIA, SRI LANKA, MYANMAR, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, CHINA, HONG KONG , TAIWAN, JAPAN

Remarks. Very similar to P. bimaculatus but differs by the presence of three spots (anterior and posterior rounded, middle spot narrow connecting the two) on vertex, pronotum with larger spots reaching the lateral margin and narrow median transverse band.