Pachycnema crassipes
| Pachycnema crassipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachycnema |
| Species: | P. crassipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycnema crassipes (Fabricius, 1775)
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Pachycnema crassipes is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5–9 mm (0.33–0.35 in). They are similar to Pachycnema alternans, but smaller and the colour (including that of the hind legs) is entirely black in males, but the elytra and also the hind legs are red in females. The scales are white in males and yellow in females, the and the median longitudinal band of the pronotum and the four small spots are similar, but at the base of the elytra there are on each side two small scaly patches.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycnema (Pachycnema) crassipes 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.