Dichelus griseus
| Dichelus griseus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dichelus |
| Species: | D. griseus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dichelus griseus (Péringuey, 1908) | |
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Dichelus griseus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.5 mm (0.14 in). They are black with red legs, and clothed on the pronotum and elytra with nearly contiguous, narrowly lanceolate, somewhat greyish scales. The sides of the abdomen and pygidial part are clothed with wider and contiguous yellowish white scales. The pronotum is scabrose and has a very short greyish pubescence. The elytra are non-costulate.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dichelus (Ischnochelus) griseus 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 March 25, 2026.
- 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1908). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Additions and corrections". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13: 547–752. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
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