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Peritrichia nitidipennis
Peritrichia nitidipennis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
From the article Peritrichia nitidipennis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5–8.25 mm (0.295–0.325 in). They are black, with the elytra reddish brown or flavescent. The head and pronotum are clothed with very long flavous or yellow hairs, mixed with occasional black ones, but with the latter less numerous. The scutellum is covered with very long yellow or flavescent hairs, mixed also with a fewer dark ones.
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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 682789.