// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Phoxomela say when it ran into its friend? "Fox" to be with you.
| Phoxomela | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Orange form | |
 | |
| Black form | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Cetoniini |
| Genus: | Phoxomela Schaum, 1844 |
| Species: | P. umbrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Phoxomela umbrosa (Gory & Percheron, 1833) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Phoxomela is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Phoxomela umbrosa, which is found in Mozambique, South Africa (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal) and Tanzania.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 11–12 mm (0.43–0.47 in). They are black and shiny, the pronotum with a lateral, marginal, flavescent white band slightly notched inwardly by the lateral fossule. The elytra have nine flavescent white macules, the two apical ones coalesce along the posterior margin or all the macules are orange-yellow, and those on the deflexed sides coalesce along the outer margin so as to form often a longitudinal band emitting a small ramus towards the median part. The pygidium has two super-posed white macules on each side of the centre. The underside is immaculate, but the hind femora have a small white patch on the outer side.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Phoxomela umbrosa 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 20, 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 20, 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.