Ablabera lalandei
| Ablabera lalandei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablabera |
| Species: | A. lalandei
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablabera lalandei Blanchard, 1850
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Ablabera lalandei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are black and glabrous on the upper side (but fringed laterally with moderately dense greyish hairs). The club of the antennae is black, and the pedicel is rufescent. The punctures on the elytra are slightly wider and deeper than those on the prothorax.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablabera lalandei 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 January 9, 2026.
- ^ a b 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 January 9, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.