Monochelus princeps
| Monochelus princeps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Monochelus |
| Species: | M. princeps
|
| Binomial name | |
| Monochelus princeps Péringuey, 1902
| |
Monochelus princeps is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in). Males are similar in general appearance to Monochelus laetus, with the shape and vestiture of the head also similar. The pronotum has the median groove filled with flavescent scales, the outer margins, including the basal one, have a broad band of similar scales, and on each side of the groove there is a short band reaching from the apex to about the median discoidal part. The scutellum is scaly and on each elytron there are three bands of scales divided by two slight costae. The propygidium, sides of the abdomen, and pectus are densely scaly, and the pygidium has only some remote, hair-like appressed scales. Females are similar to males and have the yellow scales also similarly arranged, but the pygidium is a little less densely scaly.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Monochelus princeps 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.