Ablabera rufipes
| Ablabera rufipes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablabera |
| Species: | A. rufipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablabera rufipes Blanchard, 1850
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Ablabera rufipes 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 8 mm. They have a narrow, black body, clothed with ashy-grey hairs underneath. The head is punctate and the antennae and palpi are testaceous, while the club is fuscous. The prothorax is closely punctate, with the sides ciliate. The elytra are black and roughly punctate. The legs are testaceous and the abdomen is black and slightly pilose.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablabera rufipes 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.