Omocrates axillaris
| Omocrates axillaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. axillaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates axillaris Burmeister, 1844
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Omocrates axillaris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.75–7 mm (0.266–0.276 in). Males are black, with the elytra pale testaceous and edged with a fuscous marginal band broadening towards the posterior part. The head and pronotum are clothed with a dense, erect, sub-flavescent pubescence. The scutellum is clothed with a few greyish hairs and the elytra are covered with deep, irregular punctures. They are very briefly pubescent. The propygidium and pygidium are clothed with dense, thick, flavescent or yellow scales, while the abdomen is without scales. Females are similar to males, but the propygidium and pygidium are covered with squamose appressed flavescent hairs and the pygidium has two distinct patches of browner hairs in the centre.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates axillaris 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 12, 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 (page 781). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.