Platychelus dimidiatus
| Platychelus dimidiatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. dimidiatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus dimidiatus Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus dimidiatus 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 6–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in). The head and pronotum are shining bronze, while the legs and under side are metallic black and shining. The elytra are light testaceous, somewhat broadly infuscate laterally in the male, but not in the female. The pygidium has a few small greyish appressed hairs in the male, densely hairy with the hairs yellow in the female.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus dimidiatus 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.