{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Scelophysa_militaris_(Scarabaeidae-_Melolonthinae-Rutelinae-_Hopliini)_mating_on_Gazania_leiopoda_(Asteraceae)_(37387397516).jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Scelophysa | species = militaris | authority = (Gyllenhal, 1817) | synonyms = *''Melolontha militaris'' <small>Gyllenhal, 1817</small> }} '''''Scelophysa militaris''''' is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1221463/ BioLib]</ref> It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Scelophysa militaris'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4V578|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 18, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

== Description == Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|10-12|mm}}. Males are entirely covered on the upper side with minute contiguous scales varying in colour from light bright yellow to orange and ochreous, the pygidial part and the abdomen are covered with similar but flavescent scales, the clypeus, however, is without any, and the pectus is villose. The antennae are fuscous, and the legs are red and slightly pubescent, deeply punctured, with the punctures squamose. Females are similar to males, but the scales on the pygidium are nearly always more flavescent than in males.<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 18, 2026}} {{pd-notice}}</ref>

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Category:Beetles described in 1817 Category:Beetles of South Africa militaris Category:Taxa named by Leonard Gyllenhaal

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