Schizonycha elegans
| Schizonycha elegans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha elegans Péringuey, 1904 | |
Schizonycha elegans is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (North West) and Mozambique.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 15.5–16.5 mm (0.61–0.65 in). They are rusty-red, with the elytra, abdomen, and club of the antennae testaceous. The pronotum is covered with closely set scabrose punctures in the anterior part, and by slightly broader and more cicatricose ones in the posterior, the latter being divided in the discoidal part by irregular, slightly raised smooth intervals. The scutellum is punctate laterally and the elytra are narrow, very elongate and the punctures are very deep. The pygidium has a few faint lateral punctures and punctures on the sides of the abdomen are numerous, and each have a short greyish hair.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) elegans 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 30, 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 30, 2026.
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