Pachycamenta

Pachycamenta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Ablaberini
Genus: Pachycamenta
Brenske, 1895
Species:
P. gestroi
Binomial name
Pachycamenta gestroi
Brenske, 1895

Pachycamenta is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pachycamenta gestroi, which is found in Ethiopia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9 mm (0.35 in). The clypeus is fairly densely punctate and covered with short hairs and the frons is coarsely, granularly punctate with short, backward-directed brown hairs, and the eyes are large. The pronotum is narrow and widest in the middle, with rounded hind angles and acute front angles. The surface is very glossy and sparsely punctate. The scutellum is short and rounded. The elytra are narrow, strongly punctate, and rugose, with narrow, faint ridges. The pygidium is somewhat round, with fine, dull punctation. The abdomen is smooth in the center and extremely finely punctate at the sides, with a distinct row of setae across the middle of the segments.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of the Italian entomologist Raffaello Gestro.

References

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  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachycamenta gestroi 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 October 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Brenske, E. (1895). "XIII. Melolonthini e Rutelini. Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V.Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Societa geografica italiana. Resultati zoologici". Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale Di Genova. 15 (35): 215-226. Retrieved October 5, 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.