Psilonychus perturbator
| Psilonychus perturbator | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Psilonychus |
| Species: | P. perturbator |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilonychus perturbator Péringuey, 1904 | |
Psilonychus perturbator is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 13–13.5 mm (0.51–0.53 in). Males have the same shape, colour and size as Psilonychus gracilis and the white scales on the upper side are of the same size and similarly disposed. However, they differ in the shape of the clypeus, the outer sides of which are not aculeate in the median part, and are thus very much less hexagonal. The shape of the antennal joints is also different and the median depression of the pronotum is not deep, the two smooth walls are more in the shape of two parallel median patches, and the supra-lateral and supra-basal ones are often indistinct. The scutellum is impunctate, but with a slight median impression at the base.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Psilonychus perturbator 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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