| Stripsipher centralis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Stripsipher |
| Species: | S. centralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stripsipher centralis Ricchiardi, 1998
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Stripsipher centralis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.1 It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga).23
Description
Adults reach a length of about 14 mm (0.55 in). The head is black with the frons glabrous and with orange-reddish antennae. The pronotum is shining, glabrous and reddish, with two longitudinal black bands on the disk. The elytra are glabrous, shining and reddish.3
References
References
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher centralis 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 May 12, 2026.
- Ricchiardi, E. (1998). "Notes for the revision of the genus Stripsipher Gory & Percheron, 1833, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Trichiinae, Trichiini)" (PDF). Mitteilungen Der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 88: 45–64. Retrieved May 12, 2026.