Monochelus pulcher
| Monochelus pulcher | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Monochelus |
| Species: | M. pulcher
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochelus pulcher Péringuey, 1885
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Monochelus pulcher is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (North West).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5 mm (0.30 in). They are black, with the elytra testaceous red and the antennae rufescent (with the club black). The head is very rugose and the pronotum has a longitudinal, not much raised and rounded costate carina and a shallow, but somewhat broad furrow on each side, which, like the two median furrows are filled with yellow scales, the median carina is impunctate. There is also an impunctate longitudinal space on each side of the disk. The scutellum is rugulose and the elytra are deeply and irregularly punctate and rugose laterally, and have a distinct costa in the discoidal part, the intervals on each side of the costa are somewhat deep and broad. The pygidium is black and glabrous and the abdominal segments are also glabrous.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Monochelus pulcher 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.