Ablaberoides aeneus

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Ablaberoides aeneus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Ablaberoides
Species:
A. aeneus
Binomial name
Ablaberoides aeneus
Blanchard, 1850
Synonyms
  • Trochalus longicornisBurmeister, 1855

Ablaberoides aeneus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.25–5 mm. They have a dark bronze, oblong-oval, convex body, which is lighter on the head and prothorax than on the elytra. The palpi and tarsi are somewhat rufescent and the antennae are piceous, with the four ultimate joints of the pedicel sub-rufescent. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablaberoides aeneus 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 January 9, 2026.
  3. 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 January 9, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .