Raiboscelis azureus
| Raiboscelis azureus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Raiboscelis |
| Species: | R. azureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Raiboscelis azureus Brulle, 1832 | |
Raiboscelis azureus is a species of darkling beetle in the subfamily Tenebrioninae.[1]
Description
Raiboscelis azureus is 14–15 millimeters long, with a dark blue, rarely black, upper side. Like other species in the genus, R. azureus has densely spotted rows on the elytra. The spaces between the dots in each row are fine but very distinct.[2]
Range
Raiboscelis azureus is found in Greece[1][3] and Albania[1][3][4]
Taxonomy
Raiboscelis azureus contains the following subspecies:
References
- 1 2 3 "Raiboscelis azureus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Raiboscelis identification key". coleonet.de (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Raiboscelis azureus (Brulle, 1832)". GBIF. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ Kovács, T O Merkl (31 December 2013). "Beetles from Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro, with new country records (Coleoptera)". Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis. 37.