Anisonyx hilaris
| Anisonyx hilaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisonyx |
| Species: | A. hilaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisonyx hilaris Péringuey, 1902
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Anisonyx hilaris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). They have a black head and pronotum, while the elytra and legs are light brick-red. The antennae are black. The head and pronotum are densely covered with black hairs, and the pronotum has two broad bands of bluish scales on each side, and a narrow, median one. The two lateral bands often coalesce. The scutellum has no scales, but on the elytra there are some scattered sapphire scales. The propygidium and pygidium are clothed with more or less closely set sapphire ovate scales and greyish hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisonyx hilaris 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 March 4, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 4, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.