Omocrates elongatus
| Omocrates elongatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. elongatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates elongatus (Blanchard, 1850)
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Omocrates elongatus 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 5.25 mm (0.207 in). They are black, pilose, with ashy-grey hairs. The antennae and palpi are fuscous. The pronotum is convex, closely punctate, and clothed with greyish hairs. The scutellum is squamose and the elytra are testaceous red, elongate and sparsely pilose. The legs are black. The abdomen and pygidium are clothed with greyish hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates elongatus 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.