Biology:Pericoptus frontalis
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Pericoptus frontalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pericoptus |
| Species: | P. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pericoptus frontalis Broun, 1904[1]
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Pericoptus frontalis is a sand scarab native to New Zealand which inhabits sandy river banks and sandbars in inland Otago. It was first described by Thomas Broun in 1904.[1][2] The European hedgehog is a predator of P. frontalis.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Broun, Thomas (1904). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of New Zealand Coleoptera". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 14: 55–56. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255107#page/69/mode/1up. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ Parkinson, Brian and Don Horne (Photographer). (2007). A Photographic Guide to Insects of New Zealand. New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd.
- ↑ Jones, Christopher; Norbury, Grant (2010-11-20). "Feeding selectivity of introduced hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus in a dryland habitat, South Island, New Zealand" (in en). Acta Theriologica 56 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1007/s13364-010-0009-6.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7168418 entry
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