Peritrichia dita
| Peritrichia dita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Peritrichia |
| Species: | P. dita
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| Binomial name | |
| Peritrichia dita Péringuey, 1902
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Peritrichia dita 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 6 mm (0.24 in). They are similar to Peritrichia ditissima, but smaller. The pronotum has arcuate bands of scales in the discoidal part in females only, the short hairs covering it and also the scales forming the basal band are white, and on the elytra, which have a border of white scales, are two transverse, non-interrupted bands of whitish scales. The pygidium and abdomen are scaly-white.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Peritrichia dita 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 4, 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 4, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.