Airapus halmaheraensis

Airapus halmaheraensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Airapus
Species:	A. halmaheraensis
Binomial name
	Airapus halmaheraensis; Minkina & Bellmann, 2023

Airapus halmaheraensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Indonesia (Halmahera).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.9–4 mm (0.15–0.16 in). They have an oblong-oval, relatively wide, convex, mat, dark brownish body with orange-brownish legs and with the tibiae, tarsi and antennae yellowish.

Etymology

The species is named after Halmahera, the island on which the type specimens were collected.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Airapus halmaheraensis 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 October 1, 2026.
1 2 3 Minkina, L.; Bellmann, A. (2024). "Four new species of Eupariini Schmidt, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Southeast Asia and Indonesia". Oriental Insects. 58 (1): 55-73. Retrieved October 1, 2026.

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[gbif-1] "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 1, 2026.

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Airapus halmaheraensis 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 October 1, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 3 Minkina, L.; Bellmann, A. (2024). "Four new species of Eupariini Schmidt, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Southeast Asia and Indonesia". Oriental Insects. 58 (1): 55-73. Retrieved October 1, 2026.