Omocrates plausibilis
| Omocrates plausibilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. plausibilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates plausibilis Péringuey, 1902
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Omocrates plausibilis 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 5.5 mm (0.22 in). They are black, with the elytra light testaceous and the legs reddish. The pronotum is clothed for two-thirds of the length with dense, erect, greyish villose hairs, while the posterior part is covered with dense, yellow, somewhat elongated scales. The scutellum and elytra are covered with similar scales. The pygidial part is closely scaly, with the scales somewhat round and deeper yellow than on the elytra. The abdomen has squamose appressed hairs, which are flavescent on the apical segments and turning to white on the basal ones.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates plausibilis 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 784). Retrieved March 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.