Diaplochelus squamulatus
| Diaplochelus squamulatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Diaplochelus |
| Species: | D. squamulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaplochelus squamulatus Burmeister, 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Diaplochelus squamulatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Gauteng,[2] Western Cape).[3][4]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in). They are similar to Diaplochelus longipes, from which it differs mainly by the shape of the hind tibia of the male. The head is black, while the pronotum, legs, and under side are reddish, and the elytra are brick-red. The sides of the pronotum are much more numerously punctate, and the pubescence on the sides is there fore denser. The elytra are more roughly and numerously punctured between the two costules, which are very distinct, and the punctures each bear a minute sub-flavescent scale. The pygidium and also the propygidium have small, ovate, flavescent scales.[4]
Taxonomy
Péringuey treated Diaplochelus squamulatus as a synonym, but in the same work described the same species as a new valid species (Diaplochelus transvaalensis). A probable explanation is that in his description of squamulatus, Burmeister did not mention the characteristic saw teeth on the lower edge of the hind tibiae.[5]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diaplochelus transvaalensis 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 14, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diaplochelus squamulatus 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 26, 2026.
- 1 2 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 14, 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Schein, H. (1958). "Bestimmungstabellen der Heterochelides (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia, Hopliini) mit ausnahme von Heterochelus Burm. und Ischnochelus Burm. Mit Neubeschreibungen und Bemerkungen". Annals of the South African Museum. 44 (6): 229–267. Retrieved March 26, 2026.