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Platychelus semihirtus
Platychelus semihirtus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
From the article Platychelus semihirtus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 2.8 mm (0.11 in). They are similar to Platychelus melanurus, but a little wider. They are black, covered with grey hairs on the front (anterior) part only, the back (posterior) is smooth and hairless (glabrous). The plate between the wings (scutellum) has short hairs. The hardened wing covers(elytra) are light reddish brown (testaceous) in colour, finely pitted and with hairs that lie against the surface. In males, the pygidium is covered with scale-like (squamose) 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 684150.