Apogonia borneensis

Apogonia borneensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Apogonia
Species:	A. borneensis
Binomial name
	Apogonia borneensis; Moser, 1915

Last updated February 12, 2026

Apogonia borneensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in Brunei.^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 12 mm. They are shiny black, the elytra with a bronze-green or purple shimmer. The frons is rather sparsely punctate and very slightly flattened. The pronotum is moderately densely covered with fine punctures. The scutellum is almost smooth. The elytra are finely leathery and wrinkled, the punctures on them are not densely spaced, the ribs are only marked by the limiting rows of punctures and are punctate, as are the spaces between them. The punctures have extremely tiny setae.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Apogonia borneensis 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
1 2 Moser, J. (1915). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) IV". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 113–151. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] BioLib

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Apogonia borneensis 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 27, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Moser, J. (1915). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) IV". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 113–151. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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