Ablaberoides haafi

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Ablaberoides haafi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Ablaberoides
Species:
A. haafi
Binomial name
Ablaberoides haafi
Frey, 1975

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are black and shiny, with two reddish striations on each elytron. The upper surface is glabrous, while the underside has a few setae on the sides of the metasternum and in transverse rows on the ventral segments. The pronotum is very densely and uniformly finely, but deeply punctate. The elytra have faint, indistinct punctate striae on the disc. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablaberoides haafi 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 16, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Frey, G. (1975). "Neue afrikanische und indische Sericinen (Col. Melolonthidae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 26: 181–187. Retrieved January 16, 2026.