Schizonycha transvaalica
| Schizonycha transvaalica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Schizonycha |
| Species: | S. transvaalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizonycha transvaalica Péringuey, 1904 | |
Schizonycha transvaalica is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11 mm (0.43 in). They are brick-red, with the elytra slightly paler than the pronotum. The surface of the whole head, including the basal part, is covered with round, deep, non-contiguous punctures. The pronotum is covered with somewhat deep, round punctures separated from each other by a space wider than their own diameter, and somewhat asperous on the sides and along the anterior part, the outer margin is only very slightly serrulate, and only in the posterior part. The scutellum is deeply and closely punctured and the elytra are covered with deep punctures separated by an interval about equal to their diameter, and slightly cicatricose in the anterior part. The pygidium has somewhat closely set, deep foveate punctures.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) transvaalica 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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