Stripsipher jansoni

Stripsipher jansoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Stripsipher
Species:	S. jansoni
Binomial name
	Stripsipher jansoni; Péringuey, 1908
Synonyms
	Stripsipher drakensbergi Ricchiardi, 1998;

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11–11.5 mm (0.43–0.45 in). They are black with a few white splashes on the margins of the pronotum. The elytra are flavescent and have an U-shaped black band reaching from the humeral ridge to the past median part, and a narrow marginal band becoming very broad in the posterior margin. The pygidium has a conspicuous sub-triangular lateral white patch, the abdominal segments each with longitudinal interrupted white band. The pro-, meso-, and metathorax, and also the coxae have a white patch. The antennae and palps are brick-red and the legs reddish. They may also be completely black with only the antennae reddish brown.

References

↑ 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.
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↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher jansoni 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.
1 2 Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[:3-1] 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.

[2] Global Biodiversity Information Facility

[:1-3] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher jansoni 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.

[:2-4] 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved May 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.