Comophorina

Comophorina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Comophini
Britton, 1978
Genus: Comophorina
Strand, 1928
Species:
C. testaceipennis
Binomial name
Comophorina testaceipennis
(Blanchard, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Comophorinini Britton, 1987
  • Comophorini Britton, 1957
  • Comophus Britton, 1978
  • Comophorus Blanchard, 1850
  • Comophorus testaceipennis Blanchard, 1850

Comophorina is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae and only genus within the tribe Comophini. It only contains the species, Comophorina testaceipennis, which is found in New South Wales, Australia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). The body is black, but the elytra are bright yellowish brown with the basal and lateral margins black. The antennae are yellowish, with a brown club. The palpi, anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi are yellowish brown and the hind legs are dark brown. There are long yellowish setae on the head, while the setae on the pronotum are brownish. The setae on the elytra are long at the base and short towards the apex.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Comophini 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
  3. ↑ Britton, E. B. (1987). "A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 1 (6): 685-799. Retrieved June 11, 2026.