Coega illota
| Coega illota | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Coega Péringuey, 1902 |
| Species: | C. illota
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| Binomial name | |
| Coega illota Péringuey, 1902
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Coega is a monotypic genus of monkey beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] Its sole species, Coega illota is found in the area of Worcester, South Africa.[2][3]
Taxonomy
The genus Coega was later listed (recognising its validity) by Allsopp & Schoolmeesters, 2024.[4]
References
- ^ "Coega". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Coega". GBIF. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ Péringuey, Louis (1901–1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12 (Parts 1 & 2): 1–920. doi:10.1080/21560382.1901.9525977.
- ^ Allsopp, Peter G.; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2024). "All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Megataxa. 12 (1): 104–175. doi:10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2.
Further reading
- Péringuey, Louis. (August 1902). Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae. Cape Town. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, Volume XII, 561-920. Archive-pdf (See pp. 823-824).