Pachycnema singularis
| Pachycnema singularis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pachycnema |
| Species: | P. singularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pachycnema singularis Péringuey, 1902
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Pachycnema singularis 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 mm (0.33 in). The head and pronotum are black, while the elytra are dark piceous red (nearly black). The pronotum and elytra are sprinkled with not closely set, elongate white scales. Females are black, with the elytra very dark brown, almost piceous or testaceous red and the pronotum without scales except in the anterior angles of the front margin.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycnema (Physocnema) singularis 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.