Psilonychus pilosicollis
| Psilonychus pilosicollis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Psilonychus |
| Species: | P. pilosicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilonychus pilosicollis (Boheman, 1857) | |
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Psilonychus pilosicollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10 mm (0.39 in). They are similar to Psilonychus groendahli, but are about one-third larger. Furthermore, the pubescence of the pronotum is longer, more lanuginose, without any traces of scales, and the punctuation is very much narrower. The costules of the elytra are much less in relief, and the scales are slightly finer.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Psilonychus pilosicollis 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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