Argoplia grata
| Argoplia grata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Argoplia |
| Species: | A. grata
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| Binomial name | |
| Argoplia grata (Péringuey, 1902)
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Argoplia grata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.5–7 mm (0.26–0.28 in). They are black, with the elytra red, very shining, and with the head and pronotum, the scutellum, the under side and legs clothed with very long, villose fulvous hairs. There are very few scales along the outer margins of the pronotum, and there is a small juxta-sutural patch of yellowish scales on each side of the elytra. In shape and sculpture it is similar to Argoplia glaberrimus.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Argoplia grata 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 16, 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 16, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.