Dolerotarsa

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Dolerotarsa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Genus: Dolerotarsa
Péringuey, 1904
Species:
D. emendatrix
Binomial name
Dolerotarsa emendatrix
Péringuey, 1904

Dolerotarsa is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Dolerotarsa emendatrix, which is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga). [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5-5.5 mm. They are testaceous-red, with the elytra testaceous yellow and the antennae flavous. The head is deeply and slightly roughly punctate from the apex of the clypeus to the basal part. The elytra are plainly striate with the intervals raised and tectiform in the dorsal part, very numerously punctate, glabrous. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Dolerotarsa emendatrix 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 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 8, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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