Dicranocnemus hypocrita
| Dicranocnemus hypocrita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicranocnemus |
| Species: | D. hypocrita
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicranocnemus hypocrita Péringuey, 1902
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Dicranocnemus hypocrita 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 4 mm (0.16 in). Males are similar to Dicranocnemus pulcher, but a little shorter. The pronotum is briefly villose, and has a similar basal lateral patch of squamose flavescent hairs and a fine line of yellow scales filling also part of the median groove. The elytra only have two bands of bright yellow scales uniting in the median part and the sutural patch, the scales of which are whitish, is connected with the scaly apical part by a narrow line of scales, these scales leave thus three hairless places on each side. The pygidial part and abdomen are clothed with dense, golden-yellow scales. The legs are rufescent and villose. Females are similar to males, but with the hair-like scales on the elytra more scattered or less plainly banded, and the sutural whitish patch is indistinct.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dicranocnemus hypocrita 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 13, 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 13, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.