Stripsipher morulus

Stripsipher morulus
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. morulus
Binomial name
Stripsipher morulus
(Janson, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Stringophorus morulus Janson, 1885

Stripsipher morulus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Nigeria.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 15 mm (0.59 in). They are pitchy-black and shining, with the antennae and palpi pale testaceous. The apex of the anterior tibiae and anterior tarsi are reddish-brown. The head is coarsely punctured, with three shallow foveae arranged in a triangle between the striae in front. The thorax is coarsely but not very closely punctured in front, more finely punctured towards the base, with a small fovea on each side near the margin. The scutellum is finely punctured and the elytra depressed, somewhat dilated in the middle, strongly rounded at the apex, the sutural and two discal costae moderately elevated, the interstices and sides with double rows of large confluent variolose punctures, the apex irregularly strigose. The pygidium is very finely and closely strigose, a small fovea on each side near the base.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Stripsipher morulus 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 18, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Janson, O. E. (1885). "Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae Nr.10" (PDF). Cistula Entomologica. 3: 139–152. Retrieved May 18, 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.