Clitopa zambesina
| Clitopa zambesina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Clitopa |
| Species: | C. zambesina |
| Binomial name | |
| Clitopa zambesina Péringuey, 1904 | |
Clitopa zambesina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 18 mm (0.71 in). They are similar to Clitopa bohemani, but larger and with a more depressed appearance on the upper side. The clypeus and head are clothed with similar hairs, but the clypeus is very plainly sinuate in front, the pronotum is also sloping but the pubescence is more fulvous. The chestnut-brown elytra are much more closely punctate, and are therefore more coriaceous and the appressed hairs more numerous, they are plainly broader at the base than across the posterior declivous part, the discoidal depression is very distinct, and they are not costulate on both sides and the juxta-sutural stria is obliterated past the median part. The pygidial part and underside are as in C. bohemani, but even more densely hairy.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Clitopa zambesina 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 14, 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 14, 2026.
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