Chasme decora
| Chasme decora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Chasme |
| Species: | C. decora
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| Binomial name | |
| Chasme decora (Wiedemann, 1823)
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Chasme decora is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in). The head and pronotum are black, while the elytra and abdomen are testaceous-brown. The head is punctulate and clothed with black hairs except on the clypeus. The pronotum is clothed with dense hairs and covered with somewhat closely set orange-yellow, minute scales. The elytra have two longitudinal furrow clothed with minute orange scales which also cover the slightly raised costae. There is a series of long, bristle-like hairs along the outer margin.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Chasme decora 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.