Engertia amboinae
| Engertia amboinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Engertia |
| Species: | E. amboinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Engertia amboinae (Brenske, 1897) | |
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Engertia amboinae is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Ambon) and Papua New Guinea.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 18 mm (0.71 in). They are black, the head and the penultimate abdominal segment shimmer brownish, and the legs and antennae are brown. On the pygidium, the scales are quite dense and oval in shape. There is pubescence only before the posterior margin. The thorax is densely covered with greyish-yellow hairs, the abdomen widely covered in the middle, more densely covered laterally with ovate scales.[3]
Taxonomy
The species differs greatly in size, shape and colour of the scales, which had led to a number of new species descriptions. These were later found to be variations in just one population of the same species.[4]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Engertia amboinae 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 24, 2026.
- ↑ Moser, J. (1913). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden (Col.) I." (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 3: 271–297. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Zídek, J. (2021). "Revision of Philacelota Heller, 1900 and Engertia Dalla Torre, 1912, with description of a new genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Telnov, D. Et Al. (Eds): Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. IV: 397–411. Retrieved May 24, 2026.