Pentelia malaccensis
| Pentelia malaccensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini |
| Genus: | Pentelia |
| Species: | P. malaccensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentelia malaccensis Moser, 1912 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pentelia malaccensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Malaysia.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 22 mm (0.87 in). They are chestnut brown, with the head slightly darker. The clypeus is coarsely punctate, the punctures becoming more widely spaced towards the margin. The antennae are yellowish-brown, with a lighter club. The pronotum is moderately densely punctate, the punctures being somewhat coarser at the anterior margin, and the sides are rather strongly arched behind the middle. The posterior angles are very obtuse, almost rounded, and the anterior angles are obtuse, barely projecting. The scutellum is punctate except for the margin and a midline. The elytra are coarsely but not very densely punctate and the sutural rib is almost smooth and does not reach the scutellum. Further ribs are barely distinguishable by more widely spaced punctures. The pygidium is widely punctured and weakly wrinkled. The chest is covered with yellow hairs, the abdomen is very widely punctured in the middle, and somewhat more densely along the sides.[3]
Subspecies
- Pentelia malaccensis malaccensis (Malaysia: mainland, Malacca)
- Pentelia malaccensis apicalis (Matsumoto, 2005) (Malaysia: Sarawak)
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pentelia malaccensis 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 11, 2026.
- 1 2 Moser, J. (1912). "Neue Arten der Melolonthiden-Gattungen Holotrichia und Pentelia". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 56: 420–449. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
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