Omocrates variabilis
| Omocrates variabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Omocrates |
| Species: | O. variabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Omocrates variabilis (Burmeister, 1844)
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Omocrates variabilis 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 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in). Males are black, with the elytra light testaceous and the basal part narrowly fuscous, or occasionally with the pronotum reddish and the hind legs reddish brown. The pronotum is clothed for two-thirds of the length with a short, dense, greyish pubescence, and has a narrow basal band of greyish, sometimes sub-flavescent scales. The scutellum is densely scaly and the elytra are also densely scaly, with the scales elongated, sub-lanuginose and not unlike appressed squamose hairs. These scales are greyish or sub-flavescent, those with which the abdomen is densely clothed are almost similar in shape, but on the pygidial part they are normally rounded and more flavescent. Females are similar to males, but the pygidial part is scaly.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Omocrates variabilis 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.