Pachycnema rostrata
| Pachycnema rostrata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachycnema |
| Species: | P. rostrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycnema rostrata Burmeister, 1844
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Pachycnema rostrata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). Males are black, while females are dark brown. The pronotum has a scaly outer margin and two patches of scales on each side of the median longitudinal groove. The elytra have three transverse rows of four, three, and two scaly patches on each side, these scales are white in males and yellow in females.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycnema (Macacoplia) rostrata 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.