Atysilla humilis
| Atysilla humilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Atysilla |
| Species: | A. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Atysilla humilis (Péringuey, 1904) | |
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Atysilla humilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). They are brick-red and shining, with the antennae flavescent. The pronotum is covered with round, equi-distant punctures, and has in the middle a faintly raised, longitudinal, narrow, smooth band. The scutellum has one row of punctures often partly obliterated and the elytra are somewhat deeply punctured. The pygidium is covered )with the exception of the apical part) with round punctures separated from each other by a space equal to their own diameter.[3]
Taxonomy
Some authors consider Atysilla humilis to be a synonym of Atysilla corrosa.[4]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Atysilla humilis 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 1, 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 May 1, 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Pope, R. D. (1960). "A revision of the species of Schizonycha Dejean (Col.: Melolonthidae) from Southern Africa". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 9 (2): 63–218. Retrieved May 2, 2026.