Scitala hirticeps
| Scitala hirticeps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Scitala |
| Species: | S. hirticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Scitala hirticeps (Blackburn, 1907) | |
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Scitala hirticeps is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Australia (New South Wales).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10 mm (0.39 in). They are dark reddish brown with a dull sericeous iridescence. The legs are bright reddish brown. The clypeus is densely punctured and has some setiferous punctures near the base, each with a yellowish-brown seta. The pronotum has three or four punctures with yellowish setae. The scutellum is punctured (except at the apex) and the elytra are sparsely punctured, while the punctuation on the pygidium is fairly most dense in the centre.[3]
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Scitala hirticeps 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 June 11, 2026.
- 1 2 Britton, E. B. (1987). "A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 1 (6): 685–799. Retrieved June 11, 2026.