{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Stegopterus |image = |image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | authority = Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 | type_species = | type_species_authority = | synonyms = *''Tetrophthalmus'' <small>Kirby, 1827</small> }} '''''Stegopterus''''', the '''bumblingbee beetles''', is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/1079853 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Stegopterus'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7M7W|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 (2025-10-10 XR).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=May 12, 2026}}</ref>
==Species== *''Stegopterus agulhas'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus cochraneae'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus endroedyi'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus fuscus'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus hexrivieri'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus kromrivieri'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus lamellus'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus langebergicus'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus paardebergi'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus pallidulus'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus rotundiceps'' <small>Ricchiardi, Perissinotto & Strümpher, 2025</small> *''Stegopterus septus'' <small>Burmeister & Schaum, 1840</small> *''Stegopterus suturalis'' <small>(Gory & Percheron, 1833)</small> *''Stegopterus vittatus'' <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
== Species incertae sedis == ''Stegopterus obesus'' was described by Burmeister in 1842 on the basis of a single female from ''Port Natal'' (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa). The few key characters specified by Burmeister seem to indicate that a ''Stegopterus'' may indeed have been involved. This species was not mentioned by Péringuey in his 1907 revision of the ''Stegopterus'' species and is therefore treated as incertae sedis. The locality reported on its label is outside of the known range for the genus, and subsequent searches for this species within have led to the conclusion that it is most unlikely that ''Stegopterus'' may have reached that province of South Africa. All the currently known species are restricted to the Fynbos and marginal Karoo areas of the Western Cape Province, not even reaching the Eastern Cape Province.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal |last1= Ricchiardi|first1= E|last2= Perissinotto|first2= R|last3= Strümpher|first3= W|date= 2025|title= Revision of the Western Cape endemic genus Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini)|url= https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.66.140593|journal= African Invertebrates|volume= 66|issue= 1|publisher= |pages= 151-191|doi= |access-date= May 12, 2026}} {{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Stegopterus Category:Trichiini Category:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister Category:Scarabaeidae genera
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