Entyposis frici

Entyposis frici
	1: Male - 2: Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Melolonthini
Genus:	Entyposis
Species:	E. frici
Binomial name
	Entyposis frici; Bezděk & Sehnal, 2023

Entyposis frici is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Somalia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 13.3–13.6 mm (0.52–0.54 in). They have an elongate, strongly convex body. The surface is brown (with the appendages somewhat lighter), moderately shiny, and with pale setae. The head and pronotum are covered with short, stout, semi-erect setae and the elytra have nearly scale-like setation. The legs and ventral surface have sparse, long, erect setae mixed with much shorter, scale-like setae.

Etymology

The name of the species is dedicated to Zdeněk Faltýnek Fric, a specialist in the phylogeny and ecology of butterflies, the collector of the type series.

References

↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Entyposis frici 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 May 5, 2026.
1 2 3 Bezděk, A.; Sehnal, R.; Elmi, H. S. A.; Sommer, D.; Král, D. (2023). "Entyposis frici (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) a new species from Somaliland". ZooKeys. 1165: 1–15. Retrieved May 5, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Entyposis frici 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 May 5, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 3 Bezděk, A.; Sehnal, R.; Elmi, H. S. A.; Sommer, D.; Král, D. (2023). "Entyposis frici (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) a new species from Somaliland". ZooKeys. 1165: 1–15. Retrieved May 5, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.