Ablabera namaqua
| Ablabera namaqua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablabera |
| Species: | A. namaqua
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablabera namaqua Péringuey, 1904
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Ablabera namaqua is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–9 mm. The head, prothorax, and under side are black, while the scutellum is fuscous. The elytra are light or dark chestnut, and the pedicel of antennae is flavous, while the upper part of the club is infuscate in both sexes. The prothorax is covered with round, equi-distant, somewhat deep and not very closely set punctures. The elytra are deeply punctate, the punctures equi-distant as on the prothorax and nearly the same size.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablabera namaqua 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.