Schizonycha effeta
| Schizonycha effeta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. effeta |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha effeta Péringuey, 1908 | |
Schizonycha effeta is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Limpopo, Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in).[4] The head and pronotum are testaceous-red, while the elytra are paler testaceous. The surface of both the clypeus and frontal part of the head is covered with large, round, nearly coalescing punctures separated by a very narrow, slightly raised wall. The pronotum is covered with cicatricose punctures divided by a smooth space equal to their own diameter, and slightly larger and less cicatricose in the centre, where there is a very small impunctate area. The supra-basal fold is somewhat punctate. The scutellum has one lateral row of punctures and the elytra are covered with sub-cicatricose punctures separated by an interval equal to their diameter and almost imperceptibly setigerous. The pygidium has a few punctures only on the sides of the anterior part.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) effeta 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 April 27, 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 April 27, 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Pope, R. D. (1960). "A revision of the species of Schizonycha Dejean (Col.: Melolonthidae) from Southern Africa". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 9 (2): 63–218. Retrieved April 27, 2026.