Ablaberoides breviusculus
| Ablaberoides breviusculus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablaberoides |
| Species: | A. breviusculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablaberoides breviusculus (Fåhraeus, 1857)
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Ablaberoides breviusculus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal) and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5-5.5 mm. They have a very short, somewhat massive body. They are very dark bronze, iridescent, with the legs piceous and the antennae dark fuscous with the exception of the intermediate joints of the pedicel which are rufescent.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablaberoides breviusculus 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.