Metapogonia kaszabi
| Metapogonia kaszabi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Metapogonia |
| Species: | M. kaszabi
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| Binomial name | |
| Metapogonia kaszabi (Frey, 1974)
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Metapogonia kaszabi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Tanzania.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–6 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are light reddish-brown and shiny and the antennae are yellow. The upper surface is glabrous, with very short setae or hairs on the ventral segments and at the pygidium tip. The pronotum is densely punctate laterally and much more sparsely punctate on the disc. The elytra are moderately densely punctate.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Metapogonia kaszabi 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 16, 2026.
- ^ a b Frey, G. (1974). "Neue Melolonthiden von den Expeditionen des ungarischen Nationalsmuseum in Budapest, gesammelt von den Herren Dr.S.Endrödi-Younga und Dr.J.Szunyoghy, sowie eine neue mittelamerikanische Gattung der Sericinae (Col. Lamellicornia)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 25: 109–120. Retrieved January 16, 2026.