Elaphinis pumila
| Elaphinis pumila | |
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| Type of Heteroclita scitula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Elaphinis |
| Species: | E. pumila |
| Binomial name | |
| Elaphinis pumila Boheman, 1857 | |
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Elaphinis pumila is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2] The species is thought to be restricted to a small region above the Drakensberg Escarpment.[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5–9.5 mm (0.33–0.37 in). They are similar to Elaphinis irrorata, but they are smaller and the shape of the genital armature of the males is slightly different. The colour is reddish bronze, the base of the clypeus maculated with white. The opaque pronotum has a dull greenish tinge, a lateral white band, and more or less coalescent white patches on the disk. There is a small white spot on each side of the base of the scutellum and the elytra are plainly bi-costate, the three dorsal intervals each have a series of white spots, and the deflexed part two rows of white macules, but as often as not most of these spots and macules are partly or almost completely obliterated, and in that case irregular fuscous macules are easily discernible.[3]
Status
The types of this species have been collected in the 19th and 20th centuries and it has not been recorded since. The species might be extinct, because its hypothetical distribution range has seen extensive land-use changes.[4]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Elaphinis (Micrelaphinis) pumila 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.