Rhopaea nigricollis
| Rhopaea nigricollis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini |
| Genus: | Rhopaea |
| Species: | R. nigricollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhopaea nigricollis Lea, 1919 | |
Rhopaea nigricollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Australia (New South Wales).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 20–23 mm (0.79–0.91 in). The head, pronotum, scutellum and base of the elytra are dark brown, while the rest of the elytra is brown. The antennae, legs and ventral surface are reddish-brown.[3]
Distribtion
The official type locality is Beverley, Western Australia, but both Britton (in 1978)[3] and Allsopp (in 2020)[4] expressed doubt about the correctness of this type location, since the species is otherwise known only from New South Wales and no other species of the genus have been recorded from Western Australia.
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Rhopaea nigricollis 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 June 8, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Britton, E. B. (1978). "A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Volume 2 Tribe Melolonthini". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series. 60: 1–150. Retrieved June 8, 2026.
- ↑ Allsopp, Peter G. (2020). "Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950". Zootaxa. 4885 (4): 451–486. Retrieved June 8, 2026.