Leribe vesca
| Leribe vesca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Sericinae |
| Tribe: | Ablaberini |
| Genus: | Leribe Péringuey, 1904 |
| Species: | L. vesca
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| Binomial name | |
| Leribe vesca Péringuey, 1904
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Leribe is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Leribe vesca, which is found in South Africa (KwaZuluNatal).[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They are black and shining, with the elytra and legs piceous-black. The head is deeply and somewhat coarsely punctured. The prothorax is fringed laterally with setae (but not pubescent along the anterior or posterior margins) and covered with deep, somewhat closely set punctures. The elytra are deeply and coarsely seriato-punctate, faintly bi- or tri-costulate in the dorsal part and glabrous (but with a fringe of long sub-fulvous setae).[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Leribe vesca 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ^ Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.