Monochelus ornatus
| Monochelus ornatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Monochelus |
| Species: | M. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochelus ornatus Burmeister, 1844
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Monochelus ornatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in). They are black, with the elytra and legs red and shining. The pronotum has a narrow median band of flavescent scales, and the sides are broadly covered with similar scales. The scutellum is hairy, and on each elytron there is a band of not very closely set whitish flavescent scales running alongside the suture from about the median part to the apex and a dorsal one beginning at the base but obliterated at about the median part. The propygidium, pygidium and abdomen are covered with contiguous yellow scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Monochelus ornatus 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 17, 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 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.