Anisonyx longipes
| Anisonyx longipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisonyx |
| Species: | A. longipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisonyx longipes (Linnaeus, 1764)
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Anisonyx longipes 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, with the head and pronotum clothed with very dense, black hairs. There are fine, narrow, longitudinal bands of small, elongate, emerald green scales on the pronotum. The elytra, propygidium, and pygidium are clothed with closely set but not contiguous, small, elongated emerald green scales. The abdomen is without scales. The antennae and legs are black. The scales, though generally green, are occasionally blue.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisonyx longipes 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.