Nanniscus
| Nanniscus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Nanniscus Burmeister, 1844 |
| Species: | N. pulicarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Nanniscus pulicarius Burmeister, 1844
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Nanniscus is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Nanniscus pulicarius, which is found in South Africa (Cape).[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3 mm (0.12 in). They are black, with the elytra testaceous and the legs rufescent. The head and pronotum are rugulose, covered with an appressed greyish pubescence and without a trace of scales. The scutellum and elytra are covered thickly with thick, appressed, somewhat squamose greyish white hairs with a slight sheen, and which, although thick, do not hide the colour of the background. The pygidial part and abdomen are densely scaly, with the scales white and smaller and rounder on the pygidium. The legs are moderately pubescent.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Nanniscus pulicarius 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ 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 13, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.