Lepithrix fulvipes

{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Lepithrix | species = fulvipes | authority = (Thunberg, 1818) | synonyms ={{Specieslist |Trichius fulvipes|Thunberg, 1818 |Lepithrix pseudomodesta|Schein, 1959 |Lepitrix modesta|Péringuey, 1902 }} }} '''''Lepithrix fulvipes''''' is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1197716/ BioLib]</ref> It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Lepithrix fulvipes'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3TFVH|website= 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).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=March 4, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

== Description == Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|8-8.25|mm}}. They are similar in shape to ''Lepithrix lineata'', but a little smaller, and with the elytra paler and the legs redder. The pronotum has a narrow band of flavescent scales, which is denser along the anterior and posterior part than on the sides, and is sprinkled on the discoidal part with minute scales usually forming two short longitudinal bands, one on each side of the median part, and there is only a faint trace of some pallid scales around the apical part of each elytron.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Péringuey|first1=L.|date= 1902|title= Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae.|url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36995#page/79/mode/1up|journal=Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society|volume=12|issue=|publisher= |pages= 561–920.|doi= |access-date= March 4, 2026}} {{pd-notice}}</ref>

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Category:Beetles described in 1818 Category:Beetles of South Africa fulvipes