Pachycnema lineola
| Pachycnema lineola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachycnema |
| Species: | P. lineola
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycnema lineola Burmeister, 1844
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Pachycnema lineola is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). They are similar to Pachycnema namaqua. The head and pronotum are black, the latter has a very distinct lateral margin of white scales in both sexes, but the anterior margin has none, and in the basal one there is a short median band of them above the scutellum which is densely scaly. The elytra are reddish brown and opaque. The abdomen and pygidium are clothed with white or flavous scales.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycnema (Macacoplia) lineola 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.