Anoxia scutellaris
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anoxia |
| Species: | A. scutellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoxia scutellaris Mulsant, 1842 | |
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Anoxia scutellaris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Tunisia.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 17–24 mm (0.67–0.94 in). They are entirely black, or sometimes dark reddish-brown, including the appendages.[3]
Subspecies
- Anoxia scutellaris scutellaris (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Tunesia)
- Anoxia scutellaris argentea Aliquo & Massa, 1977 (Italy: Sicily)
- Anoxia scutellaris naxiana Reitter, 1890 (Greece: Naxos)
- Anoxia scutellaris rumelica Apfelbeck, 1899 (Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia)
- Anoxia scutellaris sicula Motschulsky, 1860 (Italy: Sicily)
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anoxia (Anoxia) scutellaris 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 May 9, 2026.
- 1 2 Baraud, J. (1990). "Révision des Anoxia Castelnau d'Europe et d'Asie. 2e note: le sous-genre Anoxia s.str. (Col. Melolonthidae)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 94 (9–10): 283–301. Retrieved May 9, 2026.