Schizonycha natalensis
| Schizonycha natalensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. natalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha natalensis Brenske, 1896 | |
Schizonycha natalensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 12–14 mm (0.47–0.55 in). They are piceous, or chestnut-brown and somewhat shining. The pronotum is covered with deep, round, sub-foveate punctures separated from each other by a space equal to their diameter, and a little wider in the median posterior part of the disk than on the anterior or on the sides, the walls are very slightly and irregularly raised and smooth. The scutellum has a lateral row of punctures. The elytra are covered with deep, closely set punctures separated by a space smaller than their diameter and bearing each a most minute hair, the intervals in the discoidal part are slightly coriaceous. The pygidium has deep, round, broadly scattered punctures.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) natalensis 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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