Khoina bilateralis
| Khoina bilateralis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Khoina |
| Species: | K. bilateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Khoina bilateralis (Thunberg, 1818)
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Khoina bilateralis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in). They are black, with the elytra chestnut-brown or fuscous, and piceous-red in the central part of the disk. The head and pronotum are clothed with long greyish and flavescent hairs, and shorter fulvescent or whitish hairs along the anterior and posterior margins. In females, these hairs are replaced by scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Khoina bilateralis 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.