Elaphinis cinereonebulosa
| Elaphinis cinereonebulosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Elaphinis |
| Species: | E. cinereonebulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaphinis cinereonebulosa (DeGeer, 1778) | |
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Elaphinis cinereonebulosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11–13.5 mm (0.43–0.53 in). They are metallic dark brown clothed on the upper side by an opaque, ashy violaceous coating, forming on the pronotum a lateral, often interrupted band, and several longitudinal macules on the discoidal part. The scutellum has a lateral band of the same colour. On the elytra this coating invades most of the surface, leaving, however, numerous patches of the background bare. The pygidium is partly or completely covered with the coating which forms on the abdominal segments an upper macule, or a band.[4]
Life history
Adults have been recorded after major summer rainfalls. They emerge from accumulations of old cow, goat or sheep dung, where the larvae develop. Adults live for relatively short periods of time after emergence and have not been recorded feeding.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Elaphinis (Elaphinis) cinereonebulosa 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 20, 2026.
- 1 2 Perissinotto, R. (2022). "Review of the genera Elaphinis and Parelaphinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with description of three new species from South Africa". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 62 (1): 35-55. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
- ↑ 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 May 21, 2026.
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