Peritrichia nigromaculata
| Peritrichia nigromaculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Peritrichia |
| Species: | P. nigromaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Peritrichia nigromaculata (Burmeister, 1844)
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Peritrichia nigromaculata 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 6.5–7 mm (0.26–0.28 in). They are black, with the elytra light chocolate-brown. The head and pronotum are similar in shape and vestiture to those of Peritrichia guttata, but in the centre of the discoidal part of the pronotum there are two round, small, velvety black patches, and no scales. The scutellum is hairy and the elytra are clothed with short black hairs, and have seven small, velvety patches on each side.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Peritrichia nigromaculata 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.