Hybocamenta coriacea
| Hybocamenta coriacea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Hybocamenta |
| Species: | H. coriacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hybocamenta coriacea (Péringuey, 1904)
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Hybocamenta coriacea 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 9.5 mm. The shape is similar to Hybocamenta nigrita, but the colour is light or brown chestnut, with the head somewhat infuscate, and the punctures on the elytra are divided by irregular raised intervals, giving the elytra a very coriaceous appearance.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hybocamenta coriacea 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 10, 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 10, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.