Platychelus puerilis
| Platychelus puerilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. puerilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus puerilis Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus puerilis 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 3 mm (0.12 in). They are very similar to Platychelus musculus, but it is a little more slender. The clypeus is rounded and moderately broad, and the head and pronotum are scabroso-punctate, the latter, which is nearly purple, is quite impunctate behind, and has a coating of long greyish hairs. The elytra are strongly punctate, deeply impressed alongside the humeral callus and clothed with compressed white hairs, similar but longer hairs are found on the pygidial part, abdomen and pectus. The legs are also similarly hairy, but they are black.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus puerilis 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.