Monochelus pulvinatus
| Monochelus pulvinatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Monochelus |
| Species: | M. pulvinatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochelus pulvinatus Péringuey, 1902
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Monochelus pulvinatus 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 5.5 mm (0.22 in). Males are black, with the elytra chocolate-brown. The head is scaly and the pronotum has a median band of whitish scales, a discoidal one and a more or less regular marginal one. The elytra are irregularly sprinkled with ovate white scales and the scutellum, propygidium, pygidium and underside are covered with closely set whitish scales. Females are similar to males, but the scales are a little wider on the upperside and golden-yellow. Furthermore, the denuded band on the pygidium is very well defined.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Monochelus pulvinatus 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.