Schizonycha fartula
| Schizonycha fartula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. fartula |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha fartula Péringuey, 1904 | |
Schizonycha fartula is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 14–15 mm (0.55–0.59 in). They are ferruginous-red, or sometimes chestnut-brown, with the palpi and antennae testaceous and the tibiae piceous-red. The surface of the head is covered with nearly coalescing, sub-scabrose elongate punctures, a little less deep on the clypeus than on the frontal part. The pronotum has a fringe of setea on the outer margin, and the base is briefly pubescent. The surface is sprinkled with round punctures, somewhat distant from each other except along the anterior edge, and has a median impunctate transverse space. The scutellum is closely punctulate in the basal part, above the transverse impression, and with one puncture only on each side. The elytra are covered with closely set round punctures bearing each a most minute hair, and separated from each other by a space equal to their diameter. The pygidium has scattered, somewhat shallow round punctures which are more closely set in the anterior part.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) fartula 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 17, 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 17, 2026.
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