Knysna sulcicollis
| Knysna sulcicollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Knysna |
| Species: | K. sulcicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Knysna sulcicollis (Blanchard, 1850)
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Knysna sulcicollis 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 6–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in). Males are black with the legs reddish, except the hind tibiae and tarsi, which are black. The head is densely clothed with elongate, somewhat hair-like ashy-grey scales, and the pronotum has a median and a supra-lateral band of similar scales that also cover the outer margin. The scutellum, elytra, pygidial part, and abdomen are clothed with very closely set but not contiguous elongate scales of the same pattern as those on the pronotum. Females are similar to males, but less densely scaly, and with the costule on the elytra more distinct.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Knysna sulcicollis 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 18, 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 18, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.