Stegopterus agulhas is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.Global Biodiversity Information Facility It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).
Description Adults reach a length of about . They have a stocky body with a melolonthinoid shape. They are black with a metallic hue. The elytra are dark testaceous, with the anteapical humbones blackish and prominent, and with a large sutural/juxtascutellar black band with a violet hue, not reaching posterior margin. All other elytral margins are narrowly black except the posterior. The antennae are brownish and the legs are black with a coppery metallic hue.
Life history Specimens were found feeding on flowers of Berzelia, Leucadendron and Leoucospermum species.
Etymology The species is named after the locality where the type series was collected.
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