Hoplebaea valida

Hoplebaea valida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Hoplebaea
Species:	H. valida
Binomial name
	Hoplebaea valida; (Péringuey, 1902)
Synonyms
	Congella valida Péringuey, 1902;

Hoplebaea valida is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11–12.5 mm (0.43–0.49 in). They are reddish brown, sometimes slightly infuscate. The head has scattered granules and the pronotum is the same as the pronotum of Hoplebaea mashunensis, but the space among the scar-like punctures is plainly wrinkled or rugose. The elytra are similarly costate, the hairs are not so dense, but longer and less squamulose, and the sculpture consists of contiguous impressed punctures having in the centre a smaller one emitting a hair. These hairs are similar on the upper and undersides and also on the legs, as well as on the pygidium. The latter is granulose and has a median longitudinal furrow.

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hoplebaea valida 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 March 20, 2026.
1 2 Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 20, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hoplebaea valida 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 March 20, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 20, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.