Anoxia matutinalis

Anoxia matutinalis
Anoxia matutinalis. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Anoxia
Species:
A. matutinalis
Binomial name
Anoxia matutinalis
Synonyms
  • Anoxia (Mesanoxia) matutinalis corsicana Sabatinelli, 1976
  • Anoxia matutinalis curzolensis Müller, 1938
  • Anoxia matutinalis armerinae Ragusa, 1892
  • Anoxia australis Erichson, 1848
  • Anoxia matutinalis vespertina Mulsant, 1842
  • Anoxia suturalis Reitter, 1890

Anoxia matutinalis is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1]

Subspecies

  • Anoxia matutinalis matutinalis Castelnau, 1823 (Albania, Croatia, France:Corsica, Greece, Italy:Sicily, Malta, Slovenia)
  • Anoxia matutinalis suturalis Reitter, 1890 (Bulgaria, Greece)

Anoxia matutinalis sardoa is now treated as a full species.

Description

Anoxia matutinalis can reach a length of 19–26 millimetres (0.75–1.02 in). Body shows short whitish hairs and a pale brown color, with prothorax darker than the elytrae. Elytra have a few longitudinal whitish bands.[2]

Distribution

This species is present in Corsica, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Sicily.[3] In Sardinia there is an endemic subspecies, Anoxia matutinalis sardoa.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ William Ciesla Forest Entomology
  3. ↑ Fauna europaea
  4. ↑ Francesco (2017-03-05). "Sardinian Insects: Anoxia matutinalis sardoa". Neperos. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
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