Pleophylla pseudopilosa

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Pleophylla pseudopilosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Pleophylla
Species:
P. pseudopilosa
Binomial name
Pleophylla pseudopilosa
Ahrens, Beckett, Eberle & Fabrizi, 2017

Pleophylla pseudopilosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in South Africa (Limpopo). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.8–8.5 mm. The colour ranges from reddish brown with dark spots to entirely yellowish brown without spots. The pronotum is unicoloured and has dense and thick erect setae. The elytra have dark spots and dense, erect dorsal pilosity. [3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Greek pseudo (meaning false) and the species name pilosa and refers to the similarity to Pleophylla pilosa . [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pleophylla pseudopilosa 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 December 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Eberle, J.; Beckett, M.; Özgül-Siemund, A.; Frings, J.; Fabrizi, S.; Ahrens, D. (2017). "Afromontane forests hide 19 new species of an ancient chafer lineage (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): Pleophylla Erichson, 1847 – phylogeny and taxonomic". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 180 (2): 321–353. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
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