Peritrichia bella
| Peritrichia bella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Peritrichia |
| Species: | P. bella |
| Binomial name | |
| Peritrichia bella (Moser, 1918) | |
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Peritrichia bella is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Burundi and Namibia.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in). The ground colour is black, while the entire scale margin of the pronotum is white (but yellow at the rear). There may be disc spots, but these are regularly absent, and sometimes replaced by a few light hairs. The elytra have white or yellow lateral and posterior margins and two narrow transverse bands.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Peritrichia bella 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 23, 2026.
- 1 2 Schein, H. (1959). "Die südafrikanischen Pachycnemini (Col., Hopliini)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 10 (1): 1–150. Retrieved March 23, 2026.