Psilonychus eckloni
| Psilonychus eckloni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Psilonychus |
| Species: | P. eckloni |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilonychus eckloni Burmeister, 1855 | |
Psilonychus eckloni 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 13 mm (0.51 in). Males are reddish-bronze, and have the same shape and size as Psilonychus deridens, but with a different vestiture, being clothed on the upper side with elongated, slightly yellowish-white scales, longer and more hair-like on the head and pronotum, and leaving slightly past the median part of the elytra three small, denuded, elongated spots set sub-transversely on each side. The pronotum has no median longitudinal groove, but the supra-lateral elongate patch on each side of the posterior part is very plain. The scutellum is somewhat deeply punctate and the elytra are non-costulate. The propygidium is clothed with very fine, slightly squamiform, appressed hairs, but having a band of scales along the posterior margin. The pygidium, abdomen and legs are clothed with whitish scales. The legs, palpi, and antennae are rufescent-brown.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Psilonychus eckloni 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 6, 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 May 6, 2026.
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