Atrichelaphinis nigra
| Atrichelaphinis nigra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Atrichelaphinis |
| Species: | A. nigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Atrichelaphinis nigra Antoine, 2002 | |
Atrichelaphinis nigra is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Somalia.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.8–10.3 mm (0.35–0.41 in). They have a stocky appearance, and are black to dark-brown, raning from dull to slightly shiny, with white tomentose spots. There is a lateral and irregular band on the pronotal margin in males, which is narrower in females, and occasionally reduced to a line on the lateral angle. There are three main spots on the lateral margins of the elytra in males, and these are reduced and fragmented in females.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Atrichelaphinis (Heterelaphinis) nigra 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 May 16, 2026.
- 1 2 Rojkoff, S.; Perissinotto, R. (2015). "Review of the genera Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1892 and Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)". ZooKeys (482): 91–142. Bibcode:2015ZooK..482...91R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.482.8343. PMC 4337222.
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