Anisonyx nasuus
| Anisonyx nasuus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Anisonyx |
| Species: | A. nasuus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anisonyx nasuus Wiedemann, 1821
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Anisonyx nasuus 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 8–8.25 mm (0.315–0.325 in). They are similar to Anisonyx senilis in shape and colour. The elytra are very light fulvous with the outer margins more or less distinctly infuscate laterally, but there are no scales either on the pronotum, elytra, pygidium, or abdomen, and the hairs covering the head and pronotum, elytra, pygidium, and abdomen are black. The legs are also black.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anisonyx nasuus 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.