Euphoresia laminata
| Euphoresia laminata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Euphoresia |
| Species: | E. laminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphoresia laminata Moser, 1916
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Euphoresia laminata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5 mm. They are greenish-brown, dull and covered with yellowish scales. The frons is dull and sparsely punctate and next to the eyes is a ring of densely spaced yellow scales. The antennae are reddish-brown. The pronotum is densely covered with yellowish scales, but three indistinctly defined longitudinal bands are scale-free. The scutellum is densely covered with yellow scales except in the middle. The elytra are irregularly covered with yellowish scales, but the weakly convex ribs have scale-free darker spots.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Euphoresia laminata 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 January 28, 2026.
- ^ a b Moser, J. (1916). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) V." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 129–188. Retrieved January 28, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.