Ablabera clypeata
| Ablabera clypeata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablabera |
| Species: | A. clypeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablabera clypeata (Gyllenhal, 1817)
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Ablabera clypeata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Ablabera clypeata and Ablabera totta were listed by Péringuey as junior synonyms of Ablabera splendida in 1904. However, examination of both Thunberg's type specimens revealed that the types belong to different species and they are not A. splendida. Since there is no evidence in previous works that either Péringuey or other authors examined the type of any of the tree species, they are treated as valid taxa until the group is comprehensively revised.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablabera clypeata 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Ahrens, Dirk; Fabrizi, Silvia; Nikolajev, K.; Knechtges, L.; Eberle, J. (2019). "On the identity of some taxa of Sericinae described by C. P. Thunberg and L. Gyllenhal (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 68 (1): 21–29. Retrieved November 7, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.