Stripsipher longipes

{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Stripsipher_longipes.jpg | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | genus= Stripsipher | species = longipes | authority = (Swederus, 1787) | synonyms ={{Specieslist |Scarabaeus longipes|Swederus, 1787 |Trichius swederi|Schönherr, 1817 }} }} ''''' Stripsipher longipes''''', the '''longleg wood chafer''', is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/1077950 Global Biodiversity Information Facility]</ref> It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Stripsipher longipes'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/532FM|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=May 12, 2026}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{cite journal|last1=Ricchiardi|first1=E.|date= 1998|title= Notes for the revision of the genus Stripsipher Gory & Percheron, 1833, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae, Trichiinae, Trichiini).|url= https://archive.org/download/biostor-103458/biostor-103458.pdf|journal=Mitteilungen Der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft|volume=88|issue=|pages= 45-64|access-date= May 12, 2026}}</ref>

== Description == Adults reach a length of about {{cvt|9.25-13|mm}}. The colouration of this species varies considerably, but black or piceous-red elytra predominate in females. They are glabrous, black and shiny, the pronotum with a white outer marginal band, which, however, is often obliterated. The scutellum has two white spots and the elytra are either flavous and maculated with black or quite black, they have on each side two white spots above the outer margin, and two on each side of the suture. The pygidium has two yellowish or whitish spots on each side, these spots coalesce often and thus form an arcuate patch.<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= May 12, 2026}} {{pd-notice}}</ref>

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Category:Beetles described in 1787 Category:Beetles of South Africa Category:Stripsipher