Schizonycha brevicollis
| Schizonycha brevicollis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. brevicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha brevicollis Moser, 1914 | |
Schizonycha brevicollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 16 mm (0.63 in). They are similar in colour and shape to Schizonycha circularis, but larger. The head is weakly wrinkled and punctate, the clypeus keel is projecting in the middle, and the anterior margin of the clypeus is upturned and not sinuate. The pronotum is more than twice as wide as it is long, sparsely punctate, the ridge before the posterior margin is smooth. Behind the anterior margin, the pronotum is shallowly impressed laterally, the lateral margins are notched, and the anterior and posterior angles are shortly rounded. The scutellum is punctate only at the margins. The punctation of the elytra is quite dense, the scales of the punctures are minute. On the pygidium, the umbilical punctures are only sparsely spaced and are covered with whitish setae. The chest and episterna are covered with yellow hairs.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) brevicollis 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 22, 2026.
- ↑ Moser, J. (1914). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden III". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 58: 48–72. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
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