Biology:Adoretus angustus
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Adoretus angustus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Adoretus |
| Species: | A. angustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Adoretus angustus Frey, 1968
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Adoretus angustus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Republic of the Congo.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5-9 mm. They have an elongated body. The upper and lower surfaces are yellowish-brown, the antennae yellowish-brown, the tarsi darkened and the frons and vertex blackish-brown. The upper surface is sparsely but fairly evenly covered with short whitish setae and the underside is extremely sparsely pubescent.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Adoretus (Adoretus) angustus at Catalogue of Life". Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/64SDW.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frey, G. (1968). "Melolonthini und Rutelini der Expedition des Ungarischen Nationalmuseums nach Kongo/Brazzaville (Col.) (The scientific results of hungarian soil zoological expedition to the Brazzaville-Congo Nr.28).". Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey 19: 151-163. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Arbeiten-Museum-Frey_19_0151-0163.pdf. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
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