Microplidus luctuosus
| Microplidus luctuosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Microplidus |
| Species: | M. luctuosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Microplidus luctuosus (Boheman, 1857) | |
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Microplidus luctuosus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in). They are black, opaque, and clothed with a fuscous tomentose pubescence on the upper side. The pronotum has three bands, often partly obliterated, of round scales and the elytra have four longitudinal bands of white round scales, broadly interrupted in the median part of the disk. The pygidial part and abdomen are clothed with elongate white scales and the legs are black and pubescent but not scaly.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microplidus luctuosus 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 20, 2026.
- 1 2 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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