Platychelus virgatus
| Platychelus virgatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Platychelus |
| Species: | P. virgatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platychelus virgatus Burmeister, 1844
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Platychelus virgatus 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 5.5 mm (0.22 in). They are black, with a very faint metallic tinge. The pronotum is clothed with a moderately short, dense greyish pubescence and the scutellum is hairy. The elytra have three moderately distinct bands of appressed greyish hairs, the median one of which is obliterated past the middle. The pygidial part, abdomen and legs are clothed with appressed hairs, which are flavescent on the pygidium and greyish elsewhere.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platychelus virgatus 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.