Dichelus parentalis
| Dichelus parentalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dichelus |
| Species: | D. parentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichelus parentalis (Péringuey, 1902)
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Dichelus parentalis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6 mm (0.24 in). They are very similar to Dichelus timidus. The sculpture and vestiture of the head and pronotum are the same, but the elytra are redder (but also slightly infuscate behind), very rugose, and have similar appressed sub-squamiform hairs turning to yellow scales on the apical margin. The propygidium and pygidium are clothed with dense sub-lanuginose scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dichelus (Ischnochelus) parentalis 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 12, 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 (page 768). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.