Blikana
| Blikana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Blikana Péringuey, 1902 |
| Species: | B. comosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Blikana comosa Péringuey, 1902 | |
Blikana is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Blikana comosa, which is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). They are black, covered all over with a very long pubescence, which is fuscous brown on the pronotum, mixed with sub-flavescent greyish hairs on the elytra, where they form there four or five greyish longitudinal bands on each side. The abdomen, pectus, and legs are densely villose, with ashy-grey pubescence. The head and pronotum are very closely and somewhat roughly punctured.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Blikana comosa 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ↑ Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
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