Ablaberoides flavipennis

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Ablaberoides flavipennis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Ablaberoides
Species:
A. flavipennis
Binomial name
Ablaberoides flavipennis
(Fåhraeus, 1857)
Synonyms [1]

Ablabera flavipennisFåhraeus, 1857 [2]

Ablaberoides flavipennis is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo) and Zimbabwe. [1]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.25-5.5 mm. They are very similar to Ablaberoides testaceus , and can be distinguished only with difficulty. The colour, however, differs in being dark bronze with the elytra testaceous-red but retaining a black suture and an outer marginal infuscate band, or being uniformly dark chestnut-brown. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ablaberoides flavipennis (Fåhraeus, 1857)". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ↑ Fahraeus O.L. (1857) Insecta Caffraria annis 1838–1845 a J.A.Wahlberg collecta amici auxilios sultus descripsit. Coleoptera, Holmiae 2:1–395
  3. ↑ 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 .
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