Peritrichia nitidipennis
| Peritrichia nitidipennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Peritrichia |
| Species: | P. nitidipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Peritrichia nitidipennis Blanchard, 1850
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Peritrichia nitidipennis 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 7.5–8.25 mm (0.295–0.325 in). They are black, with the elytra reddish brown or flavescent. The head and pronotum are clothed with very long flavous or yellow hairs, mixed with occasional black ones, but with the latter less numerous. The scutellum is covered with very long yellow or flavescent hairs, mixed also with a fewer dark ones.[3]
Subspecies
- Peritrichia nitidipennis nitidipennis (Western Cape)
- Peritrichia nitidipennis transiens Schein, 1959 (Western Cape)
- Peritrichia nitidipennis tulbaghina Péringuey, 1902 (Western Cape)
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Peritrichia nitidipennis 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.