Pygopleurus vulpes
| Pygopleurus vulpes | |
|---|---|
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| Pygopleurus vulpes, male and female. Museum specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Glaphyridae |
| Genus: | Pygopleurus |
| Binomial name | |
| P. vulpes (Fabricius, 1781) | |
Pygopleurus vulpes is a species of beetle from the Glaphyridae family. [1]
Description
Pygopleurus vulpes can reach a length of 12–14 millimetres (0.47–0.55 in).[2] The males of these beetles are completely covered by long hairs. They do not show variability of integuments and setae, but their color ranges from the common straw-yellow color to reddish and dark orange color. [3] In the females the pronotum is greenish and the brown elytrae remain visible.[4]
Distribution
This species is present in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine. [5]
Bibliography
- Miksic R. (1955) Bemerkungen über die Variabilität einiger Amphicoma-Arten, Fragmenta Balcanica Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium. Skopje 1(20):175-179
- Truqui E. (1848) Amphicoma et Eulasia insectorum coleopterorum genera, Studi Entomologia :1-48
- Fabricius J.C. (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin, adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom.I, Carol.Ernest.Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, VIII:1-552
- Pallas P.S. (1781) Icones Insectorum praesertim Rossiae Siberiaeque pecularium quae collegit et Descriptionibus illustravit, Walther. Erlangae:1-96
- Fabricius J.C. (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Hafniae. C. G. Proft & fils 1:1-538
- Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P.
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Beetles and Coleopterologists
- ↑ Maurizio Bollino and Gianpaolo Ruzzante COROLOGICAL NOTES ON SOME SPECIES OF PYGOPLEURUS (COLEOPTERA: GLAPHYRIDAE) FROM THE GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS
- ↑ Project Noah
- ↑ Fauna europaea
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