Microplidus binotatus
Species of beetle
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Microplidus binotatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
| Microplidus binotatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Microplidus |
| Species: | M. binotatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Microplidus binotatus Péringuey, 1902 | |
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6 mm (0.24 in). The head, pronotum, legs and pectus are black, while the elytra, pygidial part, and abdomen are chestnut-brown. The head is briefly pubescent and the pronotum is covered with scale-like flavescent appressed hairs, and very closely and finely punctured. The pygidium is covered with minute, elongate sub-flavescent scales and the elytra have two nearly obliterated costules on each side. They are very closely punctulate and have in each puncture a minute elongate flavescent scale, except near the suture at about the median part, where there is a small denuded round spot. On the pygidial part and on the abdomen the scales are thicker than on the elytra and more greyish.[3]
