Pachycnema calcarata
| Pachycnema calcarata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachycnema |
| Species: | P. calcarata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycnema calcarata Burmeister, 1844
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Pachycnema calcarata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.75–9.5 mm (0.344–0.374 in). The head and pronotum are black, the latter has an all round border of white scales, somewhat flavescent in females, and six small scaly white patches on the disk. The elytra are red in males, and flavescent in females, and have a broad white band on each side, reaching from the base to two-thirds of the length, and a supra-marginal, slightly longer but a little narrower one, as well as a third rudimentary and basal (which is often, however, obliterated). In females, these bands are somewhat flavescent. The pygidium is clothed laterally and along the base with white scales. The legs are black.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycnema (Physocnema) calcarata 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 5, 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. Retrieved March 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.