Pericamenta
| Pericamenta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Sericinae |
| Tribe: | Ablaberini |
| Genus: | Pericamenta Péringuey, 1904 |
| Species: | P. paupercula
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| Binomial name | |
| Pericamenta paupercula Péringuey, 1904
| |
Pericamenta is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pericamenta paupercula, which is found in South Africa.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. They are dark chestnut-brown, with the head and prothorax fuscous, the antennae rufescent and the legs piceous. The head and prothorax are covered with punctures of the same size and the elongate elytra are somewhat deeply punctured with the intervals slightly coriaceous, and the costules are quite visible.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pericamenta paupercula 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.
- ^ 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.