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Anisonyx hessei
Anisonyx hessei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
From the article Anisonyx hessei on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in). They are black, with reddish-brown elytra and a golden-yellow scale margin. The pygidium and abdomen also have golden-yellow scales. There is erect, long, black pubescence on the head, pronotum and thorax, and greyish-white pubescence on the abdomen. The elytra have short reddish-brown hairs beneath the long pubescence.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 649790.