Schizonycha pseudosquamifera
| Schizonycha pseudosquamifera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. pseudosquamifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha pseudosquamifera Pope, 1960 | |
Schizonycha pseudosquamifera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 13 mm (0.51 in). They are black to piceous. The pronotum has two narrow, subbasal, impunctate areas, one on either side of the midline and the punctures of the disc and margins are coarse, each with a squamiform seta. The elytra also has punctures with squamiform setae.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) pseudosquamifera 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 May 1, 2026.
- 1 2 Pope, R. D. (1960). "A revision of the species of Schizonycha Dejean (Col.: Melolonthidae) from Southern Africa". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 9 (2): 63–218. Retrieved May 1, 2026.