Helops rossii

Helops rossii
Helops rossii. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Helopini
Genus: Helops
Species: H. rossii
Binomial name
Helops rossii
Germar, 1817
Synonyms
  • Tenebrio violaceus Thunberg, 1817

Helops rossii is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Tenebrioninae. [1]

Description

A live individual of Helops rossii

Helops rossii can reach a length of 13–20 millimetres (0.51–0.79 in). Body is metallic blue-black in color. These betles can be found from January to December. [2]

Distribution

This species is present in Austria, Croatia, Italy and Montenegro. [3]


References


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