# Cryptotrogus parallelus

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{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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| genus= Cryptotrogus
| species = parallelus
| authority = Montreuil & [Keith](/source/Denis_Keith), 2017
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'''''Cryptotrogus parallelus''''' is a species of [beetle](/source/beetle) of the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae).<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/9760325 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]</ref> It is found in [Iran](/source/Iran).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Cryptotrogus parallelus'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/323DW|website= World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=May 7, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

== Description ==
Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|21-25|mm}}. They are reddish-brown, with lighter [elytra](/source/elytra) and antennae, a dark reddish-brown [pronotum](/source/pronotum) and scutellum, and a mostly yellowish-brown abdomen, as well as a blackish-brown cephalic capsule.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Montreuil|first1=O.|last2=Keith|first2=D.|date= 2017|title= Les Cryptotrogus Kraatz de la faune d’Iran et des régions limitrophes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae).|url= https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2017.1385421|journal=Annales de La Société Entomologique de France (N.S.)|volume=53|issue=6|pages= 387-412.|access-date= May 7, 2026}}</ref>

== Etymology ==
The species name refers to its elongated body, with parallel sides.<ref name=":2" />

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Category:Beetles described in 2017
Category:Taxa named by Denis Keith
Category:Beetles of Iran
Category:Cryptotrogus

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