Hemicamenta tumida

Hemicamenta tumida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Hemicamenta
Species:
H. tumida
Binomial name
Hemicamenta tumida
(Péringuey, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Camenta (Hemicamenta) tumida Péringuey, 1904

Hemicamenta tumida is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11-12.5 mm. The head and prothorax are piceous and the elytra are chestnut-brown. The clypeus is incised laterally past the median part, and narrowed thence to the sharp anterior angles, which, however, do not project. The head is covered with nearly contiguous round punctures and the prothorax has sub-contiguous round punctures and the outer margins serrulate in the posterior parts. The elytra are very convex, with the intervals between the very plainly raised costules filled with equi-distant, round, deep punctures.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hemicamenta tumida 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.
  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 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.