# Beriqua

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***Beriqua*** is a genus of [beetle](/source/Beetle) of the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae).[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single [species](/source/Species), ***Beriqua modesta***, which is found in South Africa ([Northern Cape](/source/Northern_Cape)).[2][3]

## Description

Adults reach a length of about 13 mm (0.51 in). They are chestnut-red and moderately shining, with head and [pronotum](/source/Pronotum) clothed with long, light fulvous hairs, not sufficiently dense, however, to hide the teguments. The [clypeus](/source/Clypeus) is glabrous and deeply but sparingly punctured in the anterior part and impunctate in the centre. The pronotum is covered all over with equi-distant, deep, round punctures, and has a smooth raised median line in the posterior part of the disk. The [elytra](/source/Elytra) are without any costule or stria, not even a juxta-sutural one, and covered with deep, round punctures, each bearing a minute greyish hair.[3]

## References

1. ["Global Biodiversity Information Facility"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1062579). Retrieved April 16, 2026.

1. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). ["*Beriqua modesta* at Catalogue of Life"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/LL2X). *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 April 16, 2026.

1. Péringuey, L. (1904). ["Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)."](https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/transactionsofso13roya/transactionsofso13roya.pdf). *Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society*. **13** (1): 1–293. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

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