Denticnema squamosa
| Denticnema squamosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Denticnema |
| Species: | D. squamosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Denticnema squamosa (Burmeister, 1844)
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Denticnema squamosa 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 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). The head and pronotum are black, the latter clothed with dense black hairs interspersed with white, lanceolate not very dense scales. The elytra are reddish brown, clothed with a dense but short black pubescence, and with somewhat closely set, and rather large ovate scales, white in males and flavescent in females.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Denticnema squamosa 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 5, 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 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.