Phoberus ngomensis

Phoberus ngomensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Trogidae
Subfamily: Troginae
Genus: Phoberus
Species:
P. ngomensis
Binomial name
Phoberus ngomensis
van der Merwe & Scholtz, 2005

Phoberus ngomensis is a species of hide beetle in the subfamily Troginae discovered by the scientists van de Merwe and Scholtz in 2005.[1][2] Like with many other beetle species, P. ngomensis has not been observed again after its discovery, so all knowledge of the species comes from the 166 individual beetles van de Merwe and Scholtz saw during fieldwork.[3][2]

  1. ^ "Phoberus". BioLib.
  2. ^ a b "Phoberus MacLeay, 1819". GBIF.
  3. ^ van der Merwe, Yolandi (August 2008). "Systematics of Trogidae (Coleoptera): new South African species, and a molecular phylogeny of the family" (PDF). University of Pretoria. p. 20-22.