Lepithrix hilaris
| Lepithrix hilaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Lepithrix |
| Species: | L. hilaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepithrix hilaris Péringuey, 1902
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Lepithrix hilaris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9 mm (0.35 in). They are similar to Lepithrix stigma, but the clypeus is more obliquely attenuated laterally from the median part to the outer angle which is distinctly sharp, whereas it is rounded in L. stigma. There is no trace of scales or appressed hairs on the margins of the pronotum, but the hairs are not black or fuscous, but fulvous. The elytra are a little redder, but also clothed with black hairs, and the sutural and posterior marginal band of scales are similar, but the scales are more orange-yellow.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lepithrix hilaris 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 4, 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 4, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.