Monochelus pruinosus
| Monochelus pruinosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Monochelus |
| Species: | M. pruinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochelus pruinosus Burmeister, 1844
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Monochelus pruinosus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They are chocolate-brown, a little darker on the pronotum than on the rest of the body, sparingly sprinkled above and beneath with slightly elongated white scales. The head and pronotum are similar in shape to that of Monochelus formosus, but the latter is not so deeply or closely scabroso-punctate. The elytra are similar, but the shape of the hind tibiae is very different.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Monochelus pruinosus 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.