Schizonycha flaveola

Schizonycha flaveola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Schizonycha
Species:
S. flaveola
Binomial name
Schizonycha flaveola
Moser, 1917

Schizonycha flaveola is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Ethiopia.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11 mm. They are yellow, with reddish head and pronotum. The head is granularly punctate. The lateral margins of the pronotum are fringed with hairs and the surface is strongly and rather densely punctate, most densely behind the anterior margin. The punctures have small setae. The elytra are rather densely covered with punctures with minute setae.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) flaveola 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Moser, J. (1917). "Neue afrikanische Melolonthiden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 3–4: 183–256. Retrieved January 23, 2026.