Stegopterus vittatus

Stegopterus vittatus
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Stegopterus
Species:	S. vittatus
Binomial name
	Stegopterus vittatus; (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
	Cetonia vittata Fabricius, 1775 ; Melolontha surinamensis Herbst, 1790 ; Melolontha zebra Olivier, 1789 ; Scarabaeus tomentosus DeGeer, 1778 ;

Stegopterus vittatus, the mint humbug bumblingbee beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).^[2] Its range spans the entire lowland region, stretching from Cape Point in the south to Lamberts Bay on the west coast.^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 13–17.5 mm (0.51–0.69 in). They are metallic green, with the elytra flavescent with on each side a fuscous longitudinal, somewhat narrow infuscate band reaching from the shoulder to the apex, the outer margin is also narrowly infuscate laterally, and the suture has a broad green band in males and a fuscous one in females.^[4]

References

↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stegopterus vittatus 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.
↑ 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. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
↑ 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 May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] Global Biodiversity Information Facility

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stegopterus vittatus 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.

[: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. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[:3-4] 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 May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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