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Platychelus nitens
Platychelus nitens is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Cape).
From the article Platychelus nitens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in). They are similar to Platychelus hoploides, but smaller and more depressed. They are black and shining. The pronotum is convex, shining and hairy, with the hairs black. The elytra are depressed, broad, uni-costate, granulated and black, with the outer part rufous except for the humeral margin. The legs are black. The abdomen is entirely black, and has ashy-grey hairs inwardly.
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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 684143.