| Lepithrix xanthoptera | |
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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: | Lepithrix |
| Species: | L. xanthoptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepithrix xanthoptera (Burmeister, 1844)
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Lepithrix xanthoptera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.1 It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).23
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7 mm (0.28 in). They are black, with the elytra somewhat brick-red in males, but paler in females. The pronotum has only a few whitish scales along the outer margins and the elytra also have only a few scales, which are even very often obliterated in the rounded apical part. The pygidium is covered with somewhat flavescent scales.3
References
References
- BioLib
- Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lepithrix xanthoptera 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 March 4, 2026.
- Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 4, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.