Omocrates canaliculatus
| Omocrates canaliculatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. canaliculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates canaliculatus (Blanchard, 1850)
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Omocrates canaliculatus 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 4 mm (0.16 in). They are black and nearly glabrous, with the antennae, legs and abdomen rufous. The head is rugose. The pronotum is punctate and shining, with the sides setose and with the median part very broadly furrowed. The scutellum is fuscous. The elytra are short, punctate, testaceous, and somewhat rufescent at the base and at the apex. The pygidium is clothed with flavous scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates canaliculatus 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 780). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.