Burmeistoplia
| Burmeistoplia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Burmeistoplia Dombrow, 2003 |
| Species: | B. scutellaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Burmeistoplia scutellaris (Burmeister, 1844)
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Burmeistoplia is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Burmeistoplia scutellaris, which is found in South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape).[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). They are black and shining, clothed with appressed hairs, and the margins of the pronotum, scutellum, and abdomen are covered with white scales. The pronotum is very rugose, briefly but very densely pubescent, grooved longitudinally in the centre, narrowly marginate with greyish-white scales, and the median sulcus occasionally filled with similar scales. The scutellum is thickly scaly and the elytra are sub-scabroso-punctate. From each puncture springs a very short, sub-erect hair, and each one has two rounded, not very conspicuous costae which are more deeply but not as closely punctured as the intervals, or the sides. The propygidium, pygidium, abdomen, and pectus are clothed with flavescent, contiguous scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Burmeistoplia scutellaris 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 March 17, 2026.
- ^ 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 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.