Platychelus discolor
| Platychelus discolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. discolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus discolor Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus discolor is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–5.25 mm (0.197–0.207 in). Males are bronze and shining, darker on the elytra than on the pronotum. The head and pronotum are clothed with a moderately long, dense, sub-flavescent pubescence, while the elytra are moderately densely pubescent along the margin, and in the basal discoidal impression. The pygidial part, abdomen, and legs are clothed with dense, yellow, appressed hairs. Females have the same shape as the males, but the elytra are red, the pronotum greener, and the pubescence on it is not as long as in males, the appressed hairs are more evenly spread and do not form a band along the suture.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus discolor 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.