Periclitopa brenskei
| Periclitopa brenskei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Periclitopa |
| Species: | P. brenskei |
| Binomial name | |
| Periclitopa brenskei Brancsik, 1897 | |
Periclitopa brenskei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Mozambique.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in). They are piceous, the pectus and thorax clothed with long greyish hairs, which are fulvous, shorter and dense on the vertex and mouth parts. The clypeus is roughly punctate and sprinkled with hairs and the antennae are piceous. The thorax is black with the disk very closely punctate, the punctures sub-rugulose. The elytra are pale yellowish, with the lateral, apical, and sutural margins darker, densely punctate, with the punctures now and then sub-rugulose, and bearing short, greyish hairs. The dorsal part bears three very obsolete raised lines, and the lateral margin is fringed with long ciliate hairs, especially towards the shoulders. The pygidium is more sparingly punctate than the elytra.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Periclitopa brenskei 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 14, 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 14, 2026.
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