Platychelus squamosus
| Platychelus squamosus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. squamosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus squamosus Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus squamosus 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 4.25 mm (0.167 in). The head has grey hairs and the antennae are red with the club and also the palpi black. The frontal part, pronotum, scutellum, elytra and the whole under side are similarly clothed in both sexes with small, closely set scales, narrower and white underneath, orange-yellow above in males, and greyish green in females. The legs are brownish red with the hairs greyish. The pronotum has sparse long black setae, which are white in the posterior edge.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus squamosus 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.