Omocrates luridipennis
| Omocrates luridipennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. luridipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates luridipennis Burmeister, 1844
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Omocrates luridipennis 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 mm (0.20 in). Males are black, with the elytra and the legs reddish brown, but the elytra are occasionally testaceous at the base. The head is similar to that of Omocrates mendax, but the outer angles are not quite so sharp. Also, the pubescence on the pronotum is not so dense nor so villose and the elytra are also less pubescent, but in the apical part there is a somewhat distinct band of sub-squamose flavescent hairs. The propygidium has a very broad band of bright yellow hairs and two large round patches of brown tomentose scales, and the pygidium has also two similar patches at the base. Females are similar to males, but more hairy on the pygidial part, and with the appressed hairs concolorous.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates luridipennis 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 779). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.