Hybocamenta rufina
| Hybocamenta rufina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Hybocamenta |
| Species: | H. rufina
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| Binomial name | |
| Hybocamenta rufina (Fåhraeus, 1857)
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Hybocamenta rufina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8-9.5 mm. The head is fuscous and the prothorax is distinctly red. The scutellum is black, the elytra testaceous and the antennal club is flavous in males and rufescent in females. The head is somewhat coarsely punctured, while the prothorax is deeply punctured. The elytra have the dorsal costules plainly defined, and the punctures are round and separated by smooth intervals.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hybocamenta rufina 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.