Stegopterus pallidulus
| Stegopterus pallidulus | |
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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. pallidulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Stegopterus pallidulus Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025
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Stegopterus pallidulus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape),[2] where it inhabits the Klein Swartberg range, above the town of Ladismith.[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11.8 mm (0.46 in). They have a stocky body with a melolonthinoid shape. They are black, with a greenish metallic hue on the head vertex, pronotum and scutellum. The basal half of the clypeus is dark brown and the apical half bright metallic green. The elytra are light fulvous and the legs are black-brown in places.[3]
Etymology
The species name refers to the pale, light fulvous colouring of its elytra.[3]
References
- ^ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stegopterus pallidulus 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.