Stripsipher longipes

Stripsipher longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Stripsipher
Species:	S. longipes
Binomial name
	Stripsipher longipes; (Swederus, 1787)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus longipes Swederus, 1787 ; Trichius swederi Schönherr, 1817 ;

Stripsipher longipes, the longleg wood chafer, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.¹ It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West).²³⁴

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.25–13 mm (0.364–0.512 in). The colouration of this species varies considerably, but black or piceous-red elytra predominate in females. They are glabrous, black and shiny, the pronotum with a white outer marginal band, which, however, is often obliterated. The scutellum has two white spots and the elytra are either flavous and maculated with black or quite black, they have on each side two white spots above the outer margin, and two on each side of the suture. The pygidium has two yellowish or whitish spots on each side, these spots coalesce often and thus form an arcuate patch.³

References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher longipes 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.
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 May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.

[1] Global Biodiversity Information Facility

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher longipes 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.

[:2-3] 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 May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[:3-4] 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.

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