Eriesthis hypocrita
| Eriesthis hypocrita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Eriesthis |
| Species: | E. hypocrita
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriesthis hypocrita Péringuey, 1902
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Eriesthis hypocrita is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Namibia, South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West, Eastern Cape, Limpopo) and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in). They are black, with the elytra somewhat rufescent, covered on the head and pronotum with pale yellow hairs which are dense, but not long. The posterior part of the pronotum is covered with closely set scales. The scutellum is squamose. The elytra are clothed with scales mixed with very short erect hairs of the same flavescent colour as the scales, and mixed with equally short brownish hairs which are more numerous or are better seen on two dorsal patches showing more or less clearly on each side.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Eriesthis hypocrita 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.