Cyrtocamenta transvaalensis
| Cyrtocamenta transvaalensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtocamenta |
| Species: | C. transvaalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtocamenta transvaalensis (Brenske, 1898)
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Cyrtocamenta transvaalensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Gauteng).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They are piceous, with the elytra very dark chestnut-brown and the antennae chestnut-brown. The head and clypeus deeply and somewhat closely punctured. The prothorax has a lateral fringe of hairs and the surface is moderately deeply punctulate. The elytra are more deeply punctured than the prothorax. The under side clothed with greyish moderately dense hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Cyrtocamenta transvaalensis 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.
- ^ 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.