Rectoscutaria simplex
| Rectoscutaria simplex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Rectoscutaria |
| Species: | R. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Rectoscutaria simplex (Péringuey, 1902) | |
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Rectoscutaria simplex is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in). They are black, with the elytra testaceous with a broad fuscous border all round. The head and pronotum are clothed with dense black and greyish villose hairs. The pronotum is scabroso-punctate from the apex to the base, which is not very depressed. The elytra are not costate, but have a longitudinal impression along the suture, which is deeply and closely punctured. The punctures bearing each a black, erect hair. The pygidium is briefly hairy and the under side is villose, with greyish-white hairs.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Rectoscutaria 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 March 12, 2026.
- 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561-920 (page 787). Retrieved March 12, 2026.
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