{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Schizonycha | species = dissensa | authority = Péringuey, 1904 | synonyms = }} '''''Schizonycha dissensa''''' is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/1053723 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]</ref> It is found in South Africa (Cape).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Schizonycha (Schizonycha) dissensa'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4VBQR|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=April 27, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
== Description == Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|13|mm}}. They are black and not much shining, with the elytra and legs occasionally deep fuscous-brown and with the antennae and palpi piceous-red. The punctures on the upper side bear a very minute greyish hair. The head is small in proportion to the width of the pronotum.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Péringuey|first1=L.|date= 1904|title= Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae).|url= https://dn790009.ca.archive.org/0/items/transactionsofso13roya/transactionsofso13roya.pdf|journal=Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society|volume=13|issue=1|pages= 1–293|access-date= April 27, 2026}} {{pd-notice}}</ref>
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Category:Beetles described in 1904 Category:Taxa named by Louis Péringuey Category:Beetles of South Africa Category:Schizonycha
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