Elaphinis latecostata
| Elaphinis latecostata | |
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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. latecostata |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaphinis latecostata Boheman, 1857 | |
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Elaphinis latecostata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Namibia and South Africa (North West, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10–10.5 mm (0.39–0.41 in). Males are black, opaque on the upper side, with the elytra rufous brown, or black with rufescent basal longitudinal stripes. The head has two white macules and the pronotum is very slightly arcuate above the scutellum, deeply punctate, and has on each side a plain, uninterrupted white band, and several white spots on the discoidal part. The elytra have three dorsal series of white spots and a lateral row of white macules the lower of which is produced as a band rounding the apical part. The underside is black and shiny. Females are more robust than males, totally black and shiny, the elytra with a few somewhat irregular small white dots which are very variable in number, and occasionally totally absent. The pygidium has two small white spots and the underside is without white spots or macules.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Elaphinis (Micrelaphinis) latecostata 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.
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