Sophrops rugatus
| Sophrops rugatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Sophrops |
| Species: | S. rugatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sophrops rugatus (Moser, 1915) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sophrops rugatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Yunnan).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11 mm (0.43 in). They are similar to Sophrops pumilus, but have a finer and much more extensive punctation of the underside. The head is coarsely and densely punctate, the clypeus is more strongly narrowed anteriorly, the anterior margin is rather deeply emarginate and the anterior angles are rounded. The antenna are reddish with a dark club. The pronotum is twice as wide as it is long, widest slightly behind the middle, the lateral margins are slightly notched, the anterior and posterior angles are obtuse, the surface is somewhat wrinkled, coarsely and irregularly punctate. The elytra, covered with umbilical punctures, are rather coarsely wrinkled, so that the 3–4 ribs on each elytron are only indistinctly marked. The pygidium also bears wrinkled punctation. On the underside, the shiny center is only finely and widely punctate, while on the pruinose sides the punctures are somewhat closer together.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Sophrops rugatus 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 12, 2026.
- 1 2 Moser, J. (1915). "Neue Melolonthiden und Cetoniden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 59: 579–605. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
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