Makalaka rhodesiana
| Makalaka rhodesiana | |
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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: | Makalaka Péringuey, 1904 |
| Species: | M. rhodesiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Makalaka rhodesiana Péringuey, 1904
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Makalaka is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Makalaka rhodesiana, which is found in Zimbabwe.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. They are piceous black with the elytra pale straw colour, and the prothorax with a narrow, lateral marginal band of the same hue. The antennae and palps are fuscous black. The head and clypeus are closely and somewhat deeply punctate, and glabrous (except for the anterior border of the clypeus which has a fringe of erect, sub-flavescent hairs). The prothorax is covered with deep punctures separated by a smooth interval not quite as broad as their own diameter, the outer margin with a fringe of bristly hairs. The scutellum is glabrous and punctulate. The elytra are also glabrous and deeply and somewhat closely punctate, the outer margin with a fringe of pale hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Makalaka rhodesiana 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. (1908). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Additions and corrections" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 547–752. Retrieved January 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.