Anisonyx lynx
| Anisonyx lynx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisonyx |
| Species: | A. lynx
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisonyx lynx (Fabricius, 1776)
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Anisonyx lynx 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 9–9.25 mm (0.354–0.364 in). They are black, with the elytra dark chocolate colour. The head and pronotum are clothed with very dense and very long black hairs. The clypeus is slender and not much narrowed laterally towards the tip. There are no scales on the pronotum, pygidium, or abdomen, but on the elytra there is a well-defined outer marginal band of opaline golden scales which do not extend round the apex. The pygidium, abdomen, pectus, and hind legs are clothed with black or greyish black hairs.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisonyx lynx 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.