Schizonycha rufina
| Schizonycha rufina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. rufina |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha rufina Boheman, 1857 | |
Schizonycha rufina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 13–18 mm (0.51–0.71 in). They are rusty-red, with a minute hair in every puncture. In general appearance it very much resembles Schizonycha spuria, but the punctuation of the pronotum is different on account of the punctures being cicatricose and also more asperous in the anterior part of the sides, which are also less ampliated at about the median part, and less obliquely attenuate towards the basal angle, the median longitudinal smooth space when it occurs is also more conspicuous, and the punctures on the scutellum and elytra are a little broader. The punctures on the pygidium are also deeper and more cicatricose.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) rufina 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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