Korisaba

Korisaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Hopliini
Genus: Korisaba
Péringuey, 1902
Species:
K. amabilis
Binomial name
Korisaba amabilis

Korisaba is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Korisaba amabilis, which is found in South Africa (Cape).[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.25 mm (0.207 in). They are black, densely clothed with long, greyish and black hairs on the upper, and with greyish-white ones on the under sides. The scutellum is clothed with white hairs.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Korisaba amabilis 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  3. ^ Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.