Dolichiomicroscelis gracilis
| Dolichiomicroscelis gracilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dolichiomicroscelis |
| Species: | D. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolichiomicroscelis gracilis (Péringuey, 1902)
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Dolichiomicroscelis gracilis 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 5 mm (0.20 in). They are black, with the legs rufescent, and the whole body, including the hind legs, clothed with closely set scales. The pronotum is setulose laterally and in front, but the setae are not long. It is completely covered above and laterally with greyish-white scales, and has a longitudinal band of light buff scales on each side of the median groove, and another above the outer margin. The scutellum is covered with white, slightly elongate scales. The elytra are covered with contiguous round white scales changing to light buff on the two costae. The scales on the pygidial part, abdomen, and pectus are pure white and very dense.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dolichiomicroscelis gracilis 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 17, 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 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.