Pachycnema namaqua
| Pachycnema namaqua | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachycnema |
| Species: | P. namaqua
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycnema namaqua Péringuey, 1902
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Pachycnema namaqua is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). The head and pronotum are black, the latter with an ill-defined marginal band of white scales, and with four, somewhat indistinct, and often obliterated small round patches. The elytra are red and shining and the legs are black. In females, there is a broadly interrupted supra-marginal band, and a small patch along the suture of yellow scales, while in males there are only a few white scales here and there. The pygidium is white in males and has a broad, basal, transverse black band. The pygidium is yellow in females, and there is no trace of a black transverse band.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycnema (Macacoplia) namaqua 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.