Calometopus lusitaniae
| Calometopus lusitaniae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Calometopus |
| Species: | C. lusitaniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Calometopus lusitaniae Bourgoin, 1917 | |
Calometopus lusitaniae is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10.5 mm (0.41 in). They have a black forehead with faint striation anddensely covered with bristly greyish hairs. The clypeus and antennae are black. The pronotum is dull, ashy-pink, densely but finely punctured on the disc, more densely on the sides, and covered with grey hairs. The elytra are reddish-brown, with some very short hairs.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Calometopus lusitaniae 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 12, 2026.
- 1 2 Bourgoin, A. (1917). "Description de deux Trichiini nouveaux de l'Afrique tropicale (Col. Scarabaeidae)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 22 (6): 117–121. Retrieved May 13, 2026.