Allokotarsa damarina

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Allokotarsa damarina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Allokotarsa
Species:
A. damarina
Binomial name
Allokotarsa damarina
(Péringuey, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Arraphytarsa damarinaPéringuey, 1904
  • Arrhaphytarsa kadleciFrey, 1969

Allokotarsa damarina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Namibia. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are dark yellow, with the tibiae somewhat darker. The sides of the pronotum and elytra, as well as the first antennal segment, all have pale cilia. The pronotum is densely and evenly punctate and there are spotted bands on the elytra. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Arraphytarsa damarina 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 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Frey, G. (1969). "Unbekannte afrikanische Sericinae (Col. Scarab.)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 20: 73–78. Retrieved January 5, 2026. Description of Arrhaphytarsa kadleci
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