Apogonia jokoana

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Apogonia jokoana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Apogonia
Species:
A. jokoana
Binomial name
Apogonia jokoana
Moser, 1917

Apogonia jokoana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Cameroon. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7-8 mm. They are yellowish-brown and shiny. The head is densely punctate. The pronotum is quite densely and strongly punctate and the elytra are covered with strong punctures, with narrow, smooth ribs. The underside is sparsely punctate in the middle, becoming more closely punctate at the sides. The punctures are covered with white setae. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Apogonia jokoana 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 23, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1917). "Neue afrikanische Melolonthiden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 3–4: 183–256. Retrieved January 23, 2026.