Anoxia villosa
| Anoxia villosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anoxia |
| Species: | A. villosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Anoxia villosa (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Anoxia villosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in most of Europe, from western Europe east to Ukraine and south to Spain and Italy and Greece.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 20–27 mm (0.79–1.06 in). They are variable in colour, ranging from yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Subspecies tethys is very similar to the nominate subspecies, but may be distinguished by the hairiness of the posterior half of the clypeus.[3]
Subspecies
- Anoxia villosa villosa (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine)
- Anoxia villosa tethys Reitter, 1890 (Greece)
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anoxia (Anoxia) villosa 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.