Stegopterus paardebergi
| Stegopterus paardebergi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Stegopterus |
| Species: | S. paardebergi |
| Binomial name | |
| Stegopterus paardebergi Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025 | |
Stegopterus paardebergi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2] It appears to be restricted to the isolated Perdeberg peak, situated in the highly developed Boland region between the towns of Paarl and Malmesbury.[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11.4 mm (0.45 in). They have a stocky body with a melolonthinoid shape. They are black, with a greenish metallic hue on the head vertex, pronotum and legs. The clypeus is black, with a metallic reddish-copper band along the anterior margin and the scutellum is black with a reddish-copper metallic hue. The antennae are brownish and the elytra testaceous, with the sutural and juxtascutellar margins fringed with a black band and a greenish metallic hue in the anterior half, but dark testaceous posteriorly. The humeral humbones are prominent.[3]
Etymology
The species name refers to the name of the locality (Paardeberg) where the holotype specimen was collected.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stegopterus paardebergi 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 3 Ricchiardi, E; Perissinotto, R; Strümpher, W (2025). "Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini)". African Invertebrates. 66 (1): 151–191. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
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