Apogonia viridimicans

Apogonia viridimicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Apogonia
Species:	A. viridimicans
Binomial name
	Apogonia viridimicans; Moser, 1916

Last updated February 07, 2026

Apogonia viridimicans is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5-6 mm. They are brown and shiny, with a greenish sheen on the upper surface. The head is densely punctate, the suture is indistinct in the middle, and the frons is narrowly smooth here. The pronotum is fairly densely punctured and the scutellum only has a few punctures. The elytra are densely covered with coarse punctures. The ribs, with only a few fine punctures, are very weakly convex.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Apogonia viridimicans 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 28, 2026.
1 2 Moser, J. (1916). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) V." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 129–188. Retrieved January 28, 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 viridimicans 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 28, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Moser, J. (1916). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) V." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 129–188. Retrieved January 28, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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