Diphucephala hirtipes

Diphucephala hirtipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Diphucephala
Species:	D. hirtipes
Binomial name
	Diphucephala hirtipes; Lea, 1916

Diphucephala hirtipes is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in Australia (Queensland).^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9 mm (0.35 in). They are bright metallic-green, with the densely clothed parts more or less coppery. The club of the antennae, hind tibiae (except at the base), hind tarsi, and parts of the others, are black or blackish. The rest of the legs and of the antennae are reddish. The head and pronotum (except for a large medio-basal sub-quadrate space) and hind coxae have dense depressed scales, which are more or less stramineous in colour. The abdomen has paler scales, but along the middle with long stramineous hairs, becoming almost tufted at the tip. The pygidium is densely squamose. The legs have stramineous hairs, becoming much longer, blackish, and very conspicuous on the hind tibiae and tarsi.^[3]

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diphucephala hirtipes at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
1 2 Lea, A. M. (1916). "Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 40: 272-436. Retrieved June 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diphucephala hirtipes at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 5, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Lea, A. M. (1916). "Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 40: 272-436. Retrieved June 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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