Hoplocnemis spectabilis
| Hoplocnemis spectabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Hoplocnemis |
| Species: | H. spectabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplocnemis spectabilis Péringuey, 1902
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Hoplocnemis spectabilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 15 mm (0.59 in). They are similar to Hoplocnemis hylax, but it differs in colour and in the shape of the cephalic horn and of the posterior tibiae. The colour is dull black on the upper side, the hind legs are also piceous black. The club of the antennae is rufescent. The shape of the head and clypeus is similar, but the cephalic horn is compressed laterally and sharply triangular. The pronotum is a little more pubescent on the discoidal part, and the median sulcus is broader.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hoplocnemis spectabilis 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.