Schizonycha matabelena
| Schizonycha matabelena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. matabelena |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha matabelena Péringuey, 1908 | |
Schizonycha matabelena is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9 mm (0.35 in). They are pale testaceous, with the elytra sub-stramineous. The surface of the clypeus is covered with somewhat asperous punctures, that of the head with plain granules separated by an interval broader than their own size. The pronotum is plainly and closely serrulate laterally, covered for two-thirds of the length with slightly asperous or umbilicate punctures separated by an interval equal to their own diameter, and bearing each a minute greyish white hair, in the median posterior part these punctures are not so closely set, and the border over the marginal part of the base is smooth. The scutellum is sparingly punctate and the elytra are covered with umbilicate setigerous punctures separated by an interval equal to their own diameter. The pygidium is more closely punctate than the elytra.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) matabelena 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.
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