Empecamenta coronata
| Empecamenta coronata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Empecamenta |
| Species: | E. coronata |
| Binomial name | |
| Empecamenta coronata Frey, 1972 | |
Empecamenta coronata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Somalia.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are brown and shiny, with the legs somewhat darker. The antennae are light brown. The head has a few long, erect, light brown hairs and the pronotum is sparsely covered with long, erect hairs. The elytra are very sparsely haired. The margins of the pronotum and elytra are densely covered with longer cilia.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Empecamenta coronata 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 5, 2026.
- 1 2 Frey, G. (1972). "Neue afrikanische Sericinae (Col., Scarab., Melolonthidae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 23: 142–149. Retrieved January 5, 2026.