Stripsipher centralis

Stripsipher centralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Stripsipher
Species:
S. centralis
Binomial name
Stripsipher centralis
Ricchiardi, 1998

Stripsipher centralis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 14 mm (0.55 in). The head is black with the frons glabrous and with orange-reddish antennae. The pronotum is shining, glabrous and reddish, with two longitudinal black bands on the disk. The elytra are glabrous, shining and reddish.

References

  1. ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher centralis 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 12, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Ricchiardi, E. (1998). "Notes for the revision of the genus Stripsipher Gory & Percheron, 1833, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Trichiinae, Trichiini)" (PDF). Mitteilungen Der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 88: 45–64. Retrieved May 12, 2026.