Platychelus glabripennis
| Platychelus glabripennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. glabripennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus glabripennis Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus glabripennis 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 9 mm (0.35 in). The shape and size are similar to those of Platychelus hoploides. They are black, with a slight metallic tinge. The head is scabrose, but the clypeus is a little attenuate laterally towards the apex which is straight with the margin reflexed and the outer angles sharp. The pronotum, pygidial part, abdomen, pectus, and legs are clothed with a very long and very dense yellow pubescence. The elytra are brick red, somewhat shining, not distinctly costulate, but having instead of scabrose, closely set punctures, irregularly scattered round ones, more distinct and somewhat seriate in the dorsal intervals, and along the outer margin.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus glabripennis 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.