Hybocamenta variabilis
| Hybocamenta variabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Hybocamenta |
| Species: | H. variabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hybocamenta variabilis (Fåhraeus, 1857)
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Hybocamenta variabilis 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 4.75–5 mm. They are black, with the anterior legs and the elytra testaceous-red, but with the suture of the elytra and a marginal band black. The scutellum is black and the upper side is glabrous. The antennae are reddish, but with the club sub-infuscate in the male. The prothorax is covered with deep, round, non-contiguous punctures and the scutellum is punctulate. The elytra are covered with deep, sub-seriate punctures.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hybocamenta variabilis 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.
- ^ 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.