Archocamenta pilosa
| Archocamenta pilosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Archocamenta |
| Species: | A. pilosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Archocamenta pilosa (Fåhraeus, 1857)
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Archocamenta pilosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal) and Mozambique.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They have an infuscate or nearly black head, the prothorax is also deeply infuscate in the anterior part, but has a broad, brick-red band near the basal part. The scutellum is black and the elytra is almost stramineous but with a lateral fuscous band. The prothorax is not deeply punctulate and fringed laterally with long, pallid, but not densely set hairs. The scutellum is feebly punctulate and the elytra are deeply punctured and somewhat coriaceous especially along the fuscous border.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Archocamenta pilosa at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.