Elaphinis delagoensis
| Elaphinis delagoensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Elaphinis |
| Species: | E. delagoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaphinis delagoensis Schoch, 1894 | |
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Elaphinis delagoensis, the smaller variable fruit chafer, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Mozambique,[2] Botswana and South Africa (Limpopo, North West, Northern Cape).[3][4]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10–10.75 mm (0.394–0.423 in). The colour of this species is most variable, the male is opaque on the upper side and the female shiny. In males, the head is sub-coppery and shiny and the pronotum and scutellum are greenish, and the elytra greenish fuscous with a faint tinge of rufescent in the basal part, or light sienna-brown numerously intermixed with small fuscous patches, the pronotum and the intervals of the elytra are maculated with numerous small white dots, and there are two spots on the scutellum. The pygidium is broadly maculated with flavescent white, and so are the sides of the pectus. In females, the head and pronotum are dark bronze or bronze-green, the latter is either immaculate or spotted with white. The elytra are black and are numerously dotted with white and the pygidium has two or four broad lateral macules. The underside has only a few white dots.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Elaphinis (Micrelaphinis) delagoensis 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 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 20, 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ 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.