Ablaberoides fuliginosus
| Ablaberoides fuliginosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ablaberoides |
| Species: | A. fuliginosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ablaberoides fuliginosus (Thunberg, 1818)
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Ablaberoides fuliginosus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. They have a blackish, short, oval body, with black antennae. They surface has an iridescent shine and is glabrous, except for a few robust setae on the head.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ablaberoides fuliginosus 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 November 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Ahrens, Dirk; Fabrizi, Silvia; Nikolajev, K.; Knechtges, L.; Eberle, J. (2019). "On the identity of some taxa of Sericinae described by C. P. Thunberg and L. Gyllenhal (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 68 (1): 21–29. Retrieved November 7, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.