Tulbaghia cereris
| Tulbaghia cereris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tulbaghia |
| Species: | T. cereris
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| Binomial name | |
| Tulbaghia cereris Péringuey, 1904
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Tulbaghia cereris 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 6.5 mm. They are pale testaceous, with the head slightly infuscate, the clypeus and prothorax reddish and the antennae flavescent. The prothorax is moderately closely punctate and fringed with long, remote hairs. The elytra are deeply punctate and the under side is rufescent and pubescent.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tulbaghia cereris 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 9, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 9, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.