Apogonia fuscescens
| Apogonia fuscescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Apogonia |
| Species: | A. fuscescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Apogonia fuscescens Moser, 1917
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Apogonia fuscescens is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–9 mm. They are blackish-brown (sometimes brown) and shiny, with a slightly bronze sheen. The frons is moderately densely punctate. The pronotum is rather robust and densely punctate. The elytra are strongly punctured and the ribs are smooth and indented with rows of closely spaced punctures. The underside is very sparsely punctate in the middle, while the punctures are more densely spaced at the sides. The spots have small, white setae.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Apogonia fuscescens 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 23, 2026.
- ^ a b Moser, J. (1917). "Neue afrikanische Melolonthiden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 3–4: 183–256. Retrieved January 23, 2026.