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| Atysilla simplex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Atysilla |
| Species: | A. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Atysilla simplex (Péringuey, 1904) | |
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Atysilla simplex is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Zimbabwe.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 11 mm (0.43 in). They are chestnut-red and moderately shining with the elytra chestnut-brown. Each puncture on the upper side bears a somewhat plainly squamose hair, and underneath a conspicuous white scale. The club of the antennae is somewhat infuscate in females.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Atysilla simplex 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 1, 2026.
- 1 2 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 May 1, 2026.
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