Pygopleurus vulpes
Pygopleurus vulpes is a species of beetles from the Glaphyridae family.
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| Pygopleurus vulpes, male and female. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Glaphyridae |
| Genus: | Pygopleurus |
| Species: | P. vulpes
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygopleurus vulpes (Fabricius, 1781)
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Pygopleurus vulpes is a species of beetles from the Glaphyridae family.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species is present in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.[5]
Bibliography
[edit]- 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, metamorphosian, 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
[edit]- ^ 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