Eriopeltastes modestus
| Eriopeltastes modestus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Eriopeltastes |
| Species: | E. modestus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriopeltastes modestus (Péringuey, 1907) | |
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Eriopeltastes modestus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in north-western South Africa.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 12.5 mm (0.49 in). Males are dark chestnut-brown and sub-opaque, with the antennae light chestnut. Both the head and clypeus are roughly and closely punctured. The pronotum is covered with round, shallow punctures separated from each other by a smooth space equal to their own diameter, and the outer margin has a fringe of moderately long, fulvous hairs. The elytra are coriaceous rather than punctate, and the suture is tectiform. The pygidium is glabrous and faintly punctate (except at the apex).[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Eriopeltastes (Eriopeltastes) modestus 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 18, 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 18, 2026.
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