Harpina vittigera
| Harpina vittigera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Harpina Burmeister, 1844 |
| Species: | H. vittigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpina vittigera Burmeister, 1844 | |
Harpina is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Harpina vittigera, which is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They are black and moderately shining. The head is very closely scabroso-punctate and the pronotum has deep scattered punctures each bearing a stiff erect cilia, and among these are spread a few greyish appressed hairs. The elytra have on each side two distinct costae and four bands of appressed, squamose, greyish-white hairs, in the first three intervals there is a line of single hairs, but between the third band and the supra-marginal one the hairs are more numerous. The pygidium, abdomen, and legs have similar appressed whitish hairs.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Harpina vittigera 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ↑ Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
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