Schizonycha squamifera
| Schizonycha squamifera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. squamifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha squamifera Wallengren, 1881 | |
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Schizonycha squamifera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5–13 mm (0.30–0.51 in). They are black, piceous-brown or sometimes chest-nut-brown, and not very shining. The antennae are ferruginous and the tarsi piceous. The outer margin of the pronotum and of the elytra has a fringe of somewhat long cilia, and the pectus is only briefly pubescent.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) squamifera 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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