Tulbaghia patruelis
| Tulbaghia patruelis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tulbaghia |
| Species: | T. patruelis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tulbaghia patruelis Péringuey, 1908
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Tulbaghia patruelis 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 piceous red with the legs sub-rufescent, and also the palps and the pedicels of the antennae (the club of which is fuscous). The prothorax is plainly punctulate, the punctures divided by an interval slightly smaller than their own diameter. The scutellum is weakly punctate and the elytra are weakly bi-costulate and the surface is sub-coriaceous. The sides of the elytra and prothorax have a fringe of long bristle-like hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tulbaghia patruelis 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 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1908). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Additions and corrections" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 547–752. Retrieved January 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.