Blikana
Genus of beetles
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Blikana is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Blikana comosa, which is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2]
| Blikana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Melolonthinae |
| Tribe: | Hopliini |
| Genus: | Blikana Péringuey, 1902 |
| Species: | B. comosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Blikana comosa Péringuey, 1902 | |
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). They are black, covered all over with a very long pubescence, which is fuscous brown on the pronotum, mixed with sub-flavescent greyish hairs on the elytra, where they form there four or five greyish longitudinal bands on each side. The abdomen, pectus, and legs are densely villose, with ashy-grey pubescence. The head and pronotum are very closely and somewhat roughly punctured.[3]
