Platychelus conformis
| Platychelus conformis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. conformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus conformis Péringuey, 1902
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Platychelus conformis 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 4–4.25 mm (0.157–0.167 in). They are similar to Platychelus hottentotus, but much smaller and the elytra are darker brown. The head and pronotum are similar, the latter being more distinctly dark green, but the pubescence which covers it is much shorter. The scutellum is also hairy, but the hairs are greyish, and the elytra have no longitudinal impression along the suture or the humeral callus, and are covered equally with greyish appressed hairs, not as dense as on the pygidial area, abdomen, or pectus, where they are flavescent.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus conformis 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.