Anisonyx ignitus
| Anisonyx ignitus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisonyx |
| Species: | A. ignitus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisonyx ignitus Laporte, 1840
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Anisonyx ignitus 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 9.5–10 mm (0.37–0.39 in). They are black, clothed along the sides of the head and on the pronotum with long, dense black hairs. There are also two lateral bands of glowing, coppery red, minute scales on the pronotum. The elytra, except for a median patch reaching from the base to past the middle, and the propygidium, pygidium and abdomen, are clothed with similar scales. The antennae and legs are black.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisonyx ignitus 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 2, 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 2, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.