Stegopterus pallidulus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.Global Biodiversity Information Facility It is found in South Africa (Western Cape), where it inhabits the Klein Swartberg range, above the town of Ladismith.
Description Adults reach a length of about . They have a stocky body with a melolonthinoid shape. They are black, with a greenish metallic hue on the head vertex, pronotum and scutellum. The basal half of the clypeus is dark brown and the apical half bright metallic green. The elytra are light fulvous and the legs are black-brown in places.
Etymology The species name refers to the pale, light fulvous colouring of its elytra.
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