| Diploa proles | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Diploa |
| Species: | D. proles |
| Binomial name | |
| Diploa proles Kolbe, 1892 | |
Diploa proles is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Tanzania.
Adults reach a length of about 12.5–13 mm (0.49–0.51 in). They are dark chestnut-brown, with the antennae flavescent. The clypeus is as long as the head, and, like the head, covered with contiguous, sub-scabrose punctures from which spring minute, somewhat scattered, fulvous hairs. The pronotum is covered with contiguous, scabrose punctures divided by a very thin, sharp wall, which gives them a shagreened appearance. From these punctures spring sparse, minute, fulvous hairs, but the outer margin is fringed with moderately long fulvous hairs. In females, there is a median, anterior smooth line, which is occasionally obliterated. The elytra are covered with scabrose, contiguous punctures, bearing each a minute, fulvous hair. The pygidium and underside are closely punctate and clothed, like the legs, with a long, fulvous pubescence.
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