Eriesthis decora
| Eriesthis decora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Eriesthis |
| Species: | E. decora
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriesthis decora Péringuey, 1902
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Eriesthis decora is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Gauteng, North West, KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5–9.5 mm (0.33–0.37 in). They are black, with the elytra chestnut-red. The head and pronotum are clothed with comparatively short orange-yellow hairs covering the greatest part of the surface, but along the margin there is a moderately broad band of small yellow scales. The scutellum is densely scaly. The elytra are very briefly and closely hairy and have a supra-marginal band of very closely set, small orange scales continued along the apical part and ascending along the suture where it unites with the lower of two transverse bands of similar scales which are interrupted on each side, the basal part is also more or less densely scaly. The pygidium is clothed with yellow squamose hairs which are less squamose and turn to greyish on the abdomen.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Eriesthis decora 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 5, 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 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.