Omocrates pauxillus
| Omocrates pauxillus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. pauxillus
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates pauxillus Péringuey, 1902
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Omocrates pauxillus 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 4.5 mm (0.18 in). They are brick-red, with the head and anterior part of the pronotum slightly infuscate. The pronotum is very slightly pubescent, and not closely punctulate behind, while the scutellum is scarcely pubescent. The elytra have an appressed, greyish pubescence and the apical margin of the propygidium and the pygidium are covered with round contiguous yellow scales. The abdomen has somewhat dense, long, whitish hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates pauxillus 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 782). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.