Psammorpha

Psammorpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Psammodiini
Genus: Psammorpha
Stebnicka, 1994
Species:
P. lawrencei
Binomial name
Psammorpha lawrencei
Stebnicka, 1994

Psammorpha is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Psammorpha lawrencei, which is found on Christmas Island.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.8 mm (0.15 in). They have a short oval, convex, glabrous, shining black body, with the sides of the clypeus and anterior median area of the pronotum reddish. They are flightless and blind.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Psammorpha lawrencei 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 October 1, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Stebnicka, Z.; Howden, H. (1996). "Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 10 (1): 97-170. Retrieved October 7, 2026.
  4. ↑ Stebnicka, Z. (1994). "A new genus of unusually modified Psammodiini from Christmas Island (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae)" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 37 (2): 65-69. Retrieved October 7, 2026.