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Diplognatha gagates
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Diplognatha
Species:	D. gagates
Binomial name
Diplognatha gagates Forster, 1771
Synonyms
Scarabaeus carbonaria De Geer, 1774 Scarabaeus gagates Forster, 1771

Diplognatha gagates is a species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.

Description

Diplognatha gagates can reach a length of about 16–32 millimetres (0.63–1.26 in). The thorax is very convex. The surface is shining black or reddish. Larvae feed on bird droppings. Young adults are usually reddish brown and feed on flowers, fruits and sap.

Distribution

This species is widespread in almost all African countries south of the Sahara.

Subspecies

• Diplognatha gagates holoserica Bainbridge, 1842 (West Africa, Mali, Sénégal, Burkina Faso, Nigeria)
• Diplognatha gagates silicea MacLeay, 1838 (Namibia, Republic of South Africa, Mozambique)

• Diplognatha gagates from Guinea-Bissau
• Diplognatha gagates silicea, from Uganda
• Diplognatha gagates silicea

References

1. "Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
2. "Universal Biological Indexer". ubio.org. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

• Organism Names
• Mike Picker,Charles Griffiths,Alan Weaving - Field guide to insects of South Africa

External links

• Catalogue of Life
• Beetlespace

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• Cetoniinae
• Beetles described in 1771
• Taxa named by Johann Reinhold Forster
• Cetoniinae stubs