Hybocamenta morio

Hybocamenta morio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Hybocamenta
Species:
H. morio
Binomial name
Hybocamenta morio
(Fåhraeus, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Ablabera morio Fåhraeus, 1857

Hybocamenta morio is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.75–5 mm. They are black, very shining and glabrous above. The antennae are black in males and reddish (but with the club partly infuscate) in females.

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hybocamenta morio 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. 1 2 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.