{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Strigoderma_borealis.jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Strigoderma | species = borealis | authority = Andalco-Cid & Ramírez-Ponce, 2026 | synonyms = }} '''''Strigoderma borealis''''' is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.<ref name="gbif">{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4755067|website=gbif.org|title=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|access-date=May 27, 2026}}</ref> It is found in Mexico (Nayarit).<ref name="catalogueoflife">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Strigoderma (Costatergus) borealis'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/VCWX3|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 26, 2026}}</ref><ref name="doi.org"/>
== Description == Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|6.56|mm}}. The body is completely black, except for a wide orange spot on the first third of each elytron. The tibiae are apically reddish and the tarsi and claws have a deeper reddish tone.<ref name="doi.org">{{cite journal|last1=Andalco-Cid, K. S.|last2=Zaragoza-Caballero, S.|last3=Estrada Torres, A.|last4=Rodríguez-Mirón, G.|last5=Ramírez-Ponce|date= 2026|title= Description of a new Mexican endemic subgenus of Strigoderma Burmeister with six new species (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Anomalini).|url= https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1052.3265|journal=European Journal of Taxonomy|volume=1052|issue=1|pages= 21–61.|access-date= May 26, 2026}} {{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref>
== Life history == Its feeding habits and life cycle are unknown. Adults were collected in June and July.<ref name="doi.org"/>
== Etymology == The species name is derived from Latin ''borealis'' (''relating to the north or boreas'') as this species has the most northerly distribution of any species of the subgenus ''Costatergus'' described so far.<ref name="doi.org"/>
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Category:Beetles described in 2026 Category:Beetles of Mexico Category:Strigoderma
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