Schizonycha mediastina
| Schizonycha mediastina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. mediastina |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha mediastina Péringuey, 1904 | |
Schizonycha mediastina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11 mm (0.43 in). They are fuscous, with the elytra chestnut-brown and the antennae and palpi ferruginous. The clypeus and the head (with the exception of the basal part) are covered with very closely set scabrose punctures. The pronotum is closely scabroso-punctate in the interior part and has deeper and somewhat close non-scabrose punctures on the posterior. The outer margin is moderately plainly serrulate. The scutellum is not distinctly punctate and the elytra are covered with deep punctures equally distant from each other and bearing a minute greyish hair. The pygidium is faintly punctulate.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) mediastina 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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