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Myodermum rufum
Myodermum rufum is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo), Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 12–17 mm (0.47–0.67 in). The head, pronotum, elytra and abdomen are brick-red and moderately shiny. The edge of the clypeus, breast and legs are black, and the upper and undersides are clothed with a very dense, short, yellowish pubescence. The antennae are red.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 569762.