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Lepisia braunsi
Lepisia braunsi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
From the article Lepisia braunsi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8–10.5 mm (0.31–0.41 in). They ground colour is shiny deep black. The whole body (except the head) is covered with dull scales. Males have orange-red scales on the pronotum and elytra, while these scales are dark yellow in females. The head, pronotum, pygidium and abdomen have erect, yellowish hairs, while the elytra have longer golden-yellow hairs.
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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 672489.