Microdoris

Microdoris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Chasmatopterini
Genus: Microdoris
Burmeister, 1844
Species:
M. aquilus
Binomial name
Microdoris aquilus
Burmeister, 1844

Microdoris is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Microdoris aquilus, which is found in South Africa.[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm (0.24 in). The surface of the head is densely and coarsely punctate, with the vertex almost black, and with yellow hairs. The pronotum is very shiny, with scattered punctures and with long yellow setae at the sides. The scutellum is covered with yellow hairs. The elytra are shiny, brown, and with punctures set in irregular rows which bear appressed yellow bristly hairs. The underside, legs, antennae, and palpi are pale yellow, shiny and have scattered setae.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microdoris aquilus 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 March 20, 2026.
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved March 20, 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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