| Vansoniola | |
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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 |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Vansoniola Schein, 1958 |
| Species: | V. kochi
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| Binomial name | |
| Vansoniola kochi (Schein, 1956)
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Vansoniola is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.1 It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Vansoniola kochi, which is found in Namibia and South Africa (Northern Cape).23
Description
Adults reach a length of about 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in) (males) and 9.5–11.5 mm (0.37–0.45 in) (females). They are black and dull above but glossy below. The head, pronotum, scutellum, pygidium, underside and legs are without scales. The elytra have dull dark reddish-brown tomentum.3
References
References
- BioLib
- Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Vansoniola kochi 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 March 24, 2026.
- Schein, H. (1956). "Neue afrikanischen Hoplien (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Hopliinae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen Der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 46: 27–41. Retrieved March 26, 2026.