Camerunopholis kameruna
| Camerunopholis kameruna | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Camerunopholis |
| Species: | C. kameruna |
| Binomial name | |
| Camerunopholis kameruna (Moser, 1913) | |
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Camerunopholis kameruna is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 30 mm. The head is black, the elytra are blackish-brown and the upper surface has a silky sheen. The head is strongly but not densely punctate. The pronotum is rather sparsely punctate, the punctures with minute setae. The ribs on the elytra are only very faintly discernible. They are moderately densely punctate and have minute setae. Isolated larger yellow scales, located particularly at the ribs, are elliptical.[3]
References
- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Camerunopholis kameruna 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 23, 2026.
- 1 2 Moser, J. (1913). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden II". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, Bruxelles. 57: 331–345. Retrieved January 23, 2026.