Denticnema striatula
| Denticnema striatula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Denticnema |
| Species: | D. striatula |
| Binomial name | |
| Denticnema striatula (Schein, 1959) | |
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Denticnema striatula is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They are black. The elytra are light brown at the base of the 10 grooves and densely white-yellow scaled therein. The pronotum has black hairs and the propygidium is densely covered with white scales. The pygidium and abdomen are not scaled, the thorax has white hairs and the legs are reddish-brown.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Denticnema striatula 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 March 24, 2026.
- 1 2 Schein, H. (1959). "Die südafrikanischen Pachycnemini (Col., Hopliini)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 10 (1): 1–150. Retrieved March 24, 2026.