Omocrates placidus
| Omocrates placidus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. placidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates placidus Péringuey, 1902
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Omocrates placidus 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). They are very similar in shape and sculpture to Omocrates luridipennis, but the elytra are light testaceous, and infuscate laterally behind, and the pubescence on the pronotum is longer. The propygidium and pygidium are covered with thick flavescent scales of uniform colour.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates placidus 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.