Dicranocnemus pulverulentus
| Dicranocnemus pulverulentus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicranocnemus |
| Species: | D. pulverulentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dicranocnemus pulverulentus Burmeister, 1844
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Dicranocnemus pulverulentus 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 4.25 mm (0.167 in). The elytra of the males are covered almost uniformly with round, golden scales which are not disposed in bands, but there is still a faint trace of a sutural whiter patch under the scutellum. Sometimes, the two costules on each side are somewhat distinct, and partly hairless at the basal part. The pronotum is clothed with a greyish not very short pubescence, and has along the base a somewhat broad band of yellow scales which fill also the longitudinal groove for one-third of the length. The scutellum is covered with scales which are a little lighter in hue than those covering the elytra. The scales on the pygidial part and abdomen are golden-yellow and the legs are piceous red. Females are clothed like the males, except that there is no basal band of scales on the pronotum.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dicranocnemus pulverulentus 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.