Dicranocnemus arduus
| Dicranocnemus arduus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicranocnemus |
| Species: | D. arduus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicranocnemus arduus Péringuey, 1908 | |
Dicranocnemus arduus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4 mm (0.16 in). The head and pronotum are black, while the elytra, underside and legs are rufescent. The head and clypeus are deeply and closely punctate, the punctures scabrose on the sides only, clothed with a very short, greyish not scaly pubescence, and moderately deeply grooved longitudinally. The scutellum is pubescent. The elytra are short, narrowed behind, sub-costulate, and clothed with elongated flavescent scales not set closely and not hiding the red background. The propygidiurn and sides of the abdomen are covered with flavescent scales, while the pygidium is closely covered with thick scales which are somewhat fulvous on each side of the basal part, and looking, on that account, not unlike two faint fulvescent patches.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dicranocnemus arduus 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 25, 2026.
- 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1908). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Additions and corrections". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13: 547–752. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
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