Camenta lydenburgiana

Camenta lydenburgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Camenta
Species:
C. lydenburgiana
Binomial name
Camenta lydenburgiana

Camenta lydenburgiana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10–11 mm. They are very similar to Camenta innocua, but it is only half the size and the head and prothorax are more deeply punctured, the lateral fringe of hairs along the prothorax and the elytra is denser, the punctures on the elytra are deeper and rougher, and the costules on the dorsal part are much more prominent. Furthermore, in males the inner joint of antennal club is only half the length of the club, and shorter by one-third than the joint following.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Camenta lydenburgiana 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 9, 2026.
  3. ^ 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 9, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.