Anisochelus neglectus
| Anisochelus neglectus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisochelus |
| Species: | A. neglectus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisochelus neglectus Burmeister, 1844
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Anisochelus neglectus 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 5–5.25 mm (0.197–0.207 in). The head and pronotum are nearly black but with an aeneous sheen, which is also found on the legs and underside. The elytra are light chestnut-brown. The head and pronotum are very rugose and clothed with a dense, long, sub-appressed flavescent pubescence mixed with erect setae, the latter being denser in the anterior part and also along the outer margins. The elytra are covered with dense appressed flavescent hairs and a few erect setae in the basal part. The propygidium and pygidium are clothed with dense, long, appressed flavous hairs. The legs are hairy.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisochelus neglectus 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 18, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.