Platychelus pyropygus
| Platychelus pyropygus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. pyropygus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus pyropygus Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus pyropygus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–6.25 mm (0.236–0.246 in). They are similar to Platychelus lupinus, but smaller and the pubescence on the pronotum, under side, and legs is greyish white. The propygidium and pygidium are clothed with very dense orange-yellow appressed hairs. The pronotum is also more shining bronze, but occasionally the hairs on the pronotum and under side are as fulvous as in P. lupinus, in which case the only distinctive character is the background of the scutellum entirely hidden by the thickly appressed orange hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus pyropygus 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.