Cylindrocrates

Cylindrocrates
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Hopliini
Genus: Cylindrocrates
Schein, 1958
Species:
C. parallelus
Binomial name
Cylindrocrates parallelus
Schein, 1958

Cylindrocrates is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Cylindrocrates parallelus, which is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm (0.22 in). They are black, but the base colour of the posterior half of the pronotum is reddish-brown. There is fine, light brown scaling on the back of the head, the anterior third of the pronotum and its posterior margin, the scutellum and the elytra. There are orange-red scales on the pygidial area and dense white scales on the remaining surface of the abdomen, as well as white hairs on the sides of the thorax.

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Cylindrocrates parallelus 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 March 24, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Schein, H. (1958). "Bestimmungstabellen der Heterochelides (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia, Hopliini) mit ausnahme von Heterochelus Burm. und Ischnochelus Burm. Mit Neubeschreibungen und Bemerkungen". Annals of the South African Museum. 44 (6): 229–267. Retrieved March 26, 2026.