Schizonycha trichostetha

Schizonycha trichostetha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Schizonycha
Species:	S. trichostetha
Binomial name
	Schizonycha trichostetha; Moser, 1914

Schizonycha trichostetha is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in Ethiopia.^[2]^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 12 mm (0.47 in). They are similar to Schizonycha rhizotrogoides. The frons is wrinkled and punctate, the clypeus keel is weakly curved forward, the clypeus is only sparsely punctured, its anterior margin is barely perceptibly emarginate. The pronotum is sparsely punctate, the punctures on the anterior and posterior margins are pubescent. The scutellum is covered with pubescent punctures. The elytra are weakly transversely wrinkled, moderately densely punctate, the punctures are covered with tiny setae. Only immediately behind the anterior margin of the elytra do some punctures bear hairs. The pygidium is sparsely covered with weak, pubescent umbilical punctures. The thorax, episterna, and hind coxae are covered with long, shaggy hairs. The abdomen bears widely spaced, hairy spots in the middle, and somewhat closer together on the sides.^[3]

References

↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) trichostetha 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 1, 2026.
1 2 Moser, J. (1914). "Neue Schizonychinen aus Afrika (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 58: 235–278. Retrieved June 1, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Schizonycha (Schizonycha) trichostetha 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 1, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Moser, J. (1914). "Neue Schizonychinen aus Afrika (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 58: 235–278. Retrieved June 1, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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