Achloa blandula
| Achloa blandula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Achloa |
| Species: | A. blandula |
| Binomial name | |
| Achloa blandula Péringuey, 1904 | |
Achloa blandula is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Gauteng).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10–10.5 mm (0.39–0.41 in). They are very similar to Achloa helvola and Achloa delicatula. The colour, size, and vestiture are identical, but the clypeal suture, the upper edge of which is slightly carinate, is transverse, and the clypeus itself is deeply and irregularly punctured, almost scrobiculate. The punctures on the elytra, and especially on the propygidium, pygidium and abdomen are much deeper than in any of the other the species.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Achloa blandula at Catalogue of Life". 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). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
- 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved April 15, 2026.
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