Leonotus
Appearance
| Leonotus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Sericoidinae |
| Tribe: | Liparetrini |
| Genus: | Leonotus Britton, 1986 |
| Species: | L. pilosicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leonotus pilosicollis (Lea, 1930) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leonotus is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. It contains the single species Leonotus pilosicollis, which is found in Australia (South Australia).[1][2]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in). They are uniform pale reddish brown. Males have dense, golden yellow hairs on the head, pronotum and scutellum.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "COL - Leonotus Britton, 1986". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ↑ Lea, A. M. (1930). "Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera XXI". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 55 (4): 451–467.
- ↑ Britton, E. B. (1986). "A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 4. Tribe Liparetrini: Genus Colpochila". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series. 118: 1-135. Retrieved June 15, 2026.