Tulbaghia lightfooti
| Tulbaghia lightfooti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tulbaghia |
| Species: | T. lightfooti
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| Binomial name | |
| Tulbaghia lightfooti Péringuey, 1904
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Tulbaghia lightfooti 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 11 mm. The head and prothorax are dark chestnut, while the elytra, pygidium, underside and legs are lighter chestnut-brown. The antennae of the males are also chestnut-brown. The prothorax is fringed with long, somewhat dense hairs, and covered with deep somewhat irregularly disposed punctures. The elytra are closely and somewhat deeply pitted and the outer margin is fringed with somewhat long hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tulbaghia lightfooti 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.