Eriesthis pusilla
| Eriesthis pusilla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Eriesthis |
| Species: | E. pusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriesthis pusilla Péringuey, 1902
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Eriesthis pusilla is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Free State).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6 mm (0.22–0.24 in). They are black, with the head and the pronotum clothed with very dense erect greyish flavescent hairs, and a band of short, squamose, more plainly flavescent appressed ones along the posterior margin. The scutellum is clothed with yellow. The elytra are testaceous and clothed with dense erect greyish hairs, but sprinkled with appressed, yellowish, elongate scales (somewhat hair-like but not hiding the testaceous ground colour).[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Eriesthis pusilla 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.