Doleroserica gentilis
| Doleroserica gentilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Doleroserica |
| Species: | D. gentilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Doleroserica gentilis Péringuey, 1904
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Doleroserica gentilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They are very similar to Doleroserica curtula, from which it differs by the more deeply notched anterior margin of the clypeus and the non-opaque upper part of the body which is bronze, moderately shining and faintly iridescent in the posterior part of the elytra, the latter part is striate in the dorsal part only, and not as ampliated behind as in D. curtula.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Doleroserica gentilis 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ^ 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 January 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.