Anisonyx pauperatus
| Anisonyx pauperatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisonyx |
| Species: | A. pauperatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisonyx pauperatus Péringuey, 1902
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Anisonyx pauperatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–9.5 mm (0.31–0.37 in). They are black, with the head and pronotum clothed with dense, long, black hairs. The pronotum is sprinkled with a few greenish-blue scales and the elytra are clothed with long, greyish black hairs intermingled with a few white, bristly ones, and have here and there scattered bluish scales which, however, are denser along the outer margin. The propygidium, pygidium and abdomen are clothed with similar scales which and the pygidium is also clothed with black and white long hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisonyx pauperatus 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 2, 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 2, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.