Stegopterus fuscus
| Stegopterus fuscus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Stegopterus |
| Species: | S. fuscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegopterus fuscus Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025
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Stegopterus fuscus 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 10.3 mm (0.41 in). They have a stocky body with a melolonthinoid shape. They are fuscous coloured, with the head and scutellum black and the pronotum black with a green metallic hue. The head is black, but the anterior margin of the clypeus is brownish. Both the pronotum and scutellum have a predominant metallic green hue and black margins. The legs are brownish, and darkened in places.[3]
Etymology
This species name refers to the dark brown (fuscous) colour of most of its body surface.[3]
References
- ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stegopterus fuscus 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 May 12, 2026.
- ^ a b c Ricchiardi, E; Perissinotto, R; Strümpher, W (2025). "Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini)". African Invertebrates. 66 (1): 151–191. Retrieved May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.