Platychelus brevis
| Platychelus brevis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. brevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus brevis Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus brevis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm (0.20 in). Males are very similar to Platychelus dimidiatus, but a little smaller, the pubescence on the pronotum is somewhat denser and more flavescent. Also, the elytra of the male are fuscous in the posterior part only, not on the sides, and the pygidium is much more densely covered with flavescent hairs. Females cannot be distinguished from that of Platychelus dimidiatus.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus brevis 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 16, 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 16, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.