Periclitopa varicornis
| Periclitopa varicornis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Periclitopa |
| Species: | P. varicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Periclitopa varicornis Péringuey, 1904 | |
Periclitopa varicornis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 13–13.5 mm (0.51–0.53 in). They are black, with the elytra light earthy-brown and the vertex of the head, pronotum, scutellum, upper side of the abdominal segments and pectus clothed with a long, dense, greyish pubescence. The antennae are black with the seventh joint as well as the ninth and tenth pale testaceous, and the third inner joint of the club black like the pedicel. The surface of the whole head is strongly shagreened and the hairs on the frontal part are very long. The pronotum is finely shagreened, the scutellum closely punctate and the elytra very faintly costulate, finely shagreened and clothed with very short appressed hairs springing from each interstice. The pygidium is plainly punctulate, each puncture with a somewhat long greyish hair.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Periclitopa varicornis 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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