Omocrates placens
| Omocrates placens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. placens
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates placens Péringuey, 1902
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Omocrates placens 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 3.25–4 mm (0.128–0.157 in). They are very similar to Omocrates depressus. The shape of the clypeus is the same, but the pronotum is more elongated and less attenuated laterally in the anterior part, and is completely covered with closely set, slightly lanuginose scales nearly similar to those on the elytra. These scales are greyer and in the pygidial part they are only flavescent instead of being bright yellow.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates placens 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 783). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.