Dichelus puerilis
| Dichelus puerilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dichelus |
| Species: | D. puerilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dichelus puerilis (Péringuey, 1902)
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Dichelus puerilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4 mm (0.16 in). Males are black, with the elytra light testaceous, and the legs red. The elytra are covered with small, seriate, not closely set, very short appressed hairs, and only in the apical margin is there a narrow band of scales, but the scutellum, the pygidial part, and the abdomen are densely scaly. The pronotum is closely scabroso-punctate, clothed with a dense but short, erect greyish pubescence, and with a somewhat broad but very shallow longitudinal groove in the posterior part. Females are similar to males, but the scales on the pygidial part and abdomen are whiter.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dichelus (Ischnochelus) puerilis 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 767). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.