Glyptoglossa namaquensis
| Glyptoglossa namaquensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Glyptoglossa |
| Species: | G. namaquensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyptoglossa namaquensis Péringuey, 1904 | |
Glyptoglossa namaquensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 19 mm (0.75 in). They have the same shape and size as Glyptoglossa dispar, but can be easily distinguished by the shorter tarsi, the joints of which are much broader and also thicker. The colour is brick-red and shining and the pronotum has only a fringe of flavescent distant hairs along the anterior and lateral parts, and a dense one along the base. The punctures on the glabrous pronotum are fine and not closely set, and the nearly impunctate scutellum is very hairy, while the punctures on the elytra are fine and somewhat closely set. The propygidium, pygidium, abdomen, and pectus are as in Glyptoglossa dispar.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Glyptoglossa namaquensis 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 April 16, 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 April 16, 2026.
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