Pericoptus frontalis is a sand scarab native to New Zealand which inhabits sandy river banks and sandbars in inland Otago. It was first described by Thomas Broun in 1904.[1][2] The European hedgehog is a predator of P. frontalis.[3]
| Pericoptus frontalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Pericoptus |
| Species: | P. frontalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pericoptus frontalis | |
References
edit- ^ a b Broun, Thomas (1904). "Descriptions of new Genera and Species of New Zealand Coleoptera". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 14: 55–56. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ Parkinson, Brian and Don Horne (Photographer). (2007). A Photographic Guide to Insects of New Zealand. New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd.
- ^ Jones, Christopher & Norbury, Grant (2010-11-20). "Feeding selectivity of introduced hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus in a dryland habitat, South Island, New Zealand". Acta Theriologica. 56 (1): 45–51. doi:10.1007/s13364-010-0009-6.
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