Achelyna testacea

Achelyna testacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Achelyna
Species:	A. testacea
Binomial name
	Achelyna testacea; Péringuey, 1904

Achelyna testacea is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.5 mm (0.37 in). They are shaped as Achelyna clypeata, but they are a little larger. The colour is testaceous-red, and the elytra are reddish-yellow. Also, the hairs on the head and along the pronotum are of a lighter yellow. The punctures on the basal part of the clypeus are not quite so conspicuous as in A. clypeata, and the clypeus is straight laterally instead of being somewhat obliquely dilated towards the anterior part. The punctures on the elytra and also the striate costules are similar, but the marginal fringe of hairs is dense and somewhat long.

References

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↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Achelyna testacea 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 April 14, 2026.
1 2 Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved April 14, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Achelyna testacea 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 April 14, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved April 14, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.