Pachychilecamenta

Pachychilecamenta
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: Pachychilecamenta
Brenske, 1903
Species:
P. rufa
Binomial name
Pachychilecamenta rufa
Brenske, 1903

Pachychilecamenta is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Pachychilecamenta rufa, which is found in the Republic of the Congo.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10 mm (0.39 in). They are shiny, with the head, pronotum, legs, and abdomen red and the elytra chestnut-brown. The pronotum is very finely punctate, while the elytra are very densely and more strongly, evenly punctate. The entire abdomen is very densely punctate and finely pubescent.

References

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  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Pachychilecamenta rufa 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 1, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Brenske, E. (1903). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun, Nr.14. Melolonthiden aus Kamerun nach der ausbeute des Herrn Professor Dr.Yngve Sjöstedt, sowie eine übersicht aller bekannten Arten Kamerun's und den angrenzenden Gebietes". Entomologisk Tidskrift. 24: 81-98. Retrieved October 1, 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.