Omocrates modestus
| Omocrates modestus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. modestus
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates modestus Péringuey, 1902
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Omocrates modestus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm (0.20 in). They are similar to Omocrates axillaris in colour, vestiture, and build, but they are much smaller, the hind legs are robust and the scales on the propygidium and pygidium are so closely set that they form a thick coating, and they are not yellow as in O. axillaris.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates modestus 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.