Schizonycha aspera
| Schizonycha aspera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. aspera |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha aspera Brenske, 1898 | |
Schizonycha aspera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ivory Coast.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 21 mm (0.83 in). They clypeus is very short, distinctly emarginate anteriorly, with the frontal keel fine, widely divided from the frontal suture, the frons smooth behind, then dully punctate, the vertex keel very finely demarcated. The pronotum is short, evenly rounded anteriorly, not deeply emarginate, the anterior margin granularly rough, the anterior angles sharp, the sides moderately curved outwards, the margin widely crenate anteriorly, the surface rather densely, very granularly rough punctate, without hairs. The elytra are more densely and much more finely punctate than the pronotum, with very minute white punctures. The pygidium is short, broadly rounded, densely and finely punctate. The abdomen is rather densely, finely, slightly granularly punctate, without hairs.[3]
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) aspera 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 27, 2026.
- ↑ Brenske, E. (1898). "Melolonthiden aus Afrika" (PDF). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 59 (4): 333–394. Retrieved May 27, 2026.