Sceloclania virescens
| Sceloclania virescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Sceloclania |
| Species: | S. virescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Sceloclania virescens (Péringuey, 1888)
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Sceloclania virescens is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). Males are completely covered on the upper side with minute round yellowish-green scales adjoining one another, except on the head. The elytra are testaceous red, but the colour of the background is hidden by the scales, which on the underside are whitish with a flavescent tinge. The legs are piceous red and the hind femora are scaly. Females are similar to males but a little more elongate and with the legs redder.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Sceloclania virescens 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 18, 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 18, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.