Diploa proles

Diploa proles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Diploa
Species:
D. proles
Binomial name
Diploa proles
Kolbe, 1892

Diploa proles is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Tanzania.[1][2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 12.5–13 mm (0.49–0.51 in). They are dark chestnut-brown, with the antennae flavescent. The clypeus is as long as the head, and, like the head, covered with contiguous, sub-scabrose punctures from which spring minute, somewhat scattered, fulvous hairs. The pronotum is covered with contiguous, scabrose punctures divided by a very thin, sharp wall, which gives them a shagreened appearance. From these punctures spring sparse, minute, fulvous hairs, but the outer margin is fringed with moderately long fulvous hairs. In females, there is a median, anterior smooth line, which is occasionally obliterated. The elytra are covered with scabrose, contiguous punctures, bearing each a minute, fulvous hair. The pygidium and underside are closely punctate and clothed, like the legs, with a long, fulvous pubescence.[2]

References

  1. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diploa proles 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 May 18, 2026.
  2. ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved May 18, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.