Hoplocnemis crassipes
| Hoplocnemis crassipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Hoplocnemis |
| Species: | H. crassipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplocnemis crassipes (Olivier, 1789)
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Hoplocnemis crassipes 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 11–13 mm (0.43–0.51 in). The head, pronotum and scutellum are black, while the elytra and legs are cherry-red. The head and clypeus are fringed with fulvous hairs and the pronotum is fringed with dense black or light fulvous hairs. The propygidium and upper sides of the abdomen are clothed with yellow scales, while the legs are clothed with black, or fulvous dense hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hoplocnemis crassipes 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 6, 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 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.