Ablabera matabelena
| Ablabera matabelena | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablabera |
| Species: | A. matabelena
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablabera matabelena Péringuey, 1904
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Ablabera matabelena is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9 mm. They are similar to Ablabera amoena, but the colour is redder, the head is not infuscate, the clypeus is plainly sinuate laterally, the outer angles do not project in the male, and the anterior margin is only slightly sinuate.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablabera matabelena 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.