Anomalophylla bicolor

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Anomalophylla bicolor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Anomalophylla
Species:
A. bicolor
Binomial name
Anomalophylla bicolor
Ahrens, 2005
Synonyms
  • Anomalophylla moupinea ab. bicolorBalthasar, 1932

Anomalophylla bicolor is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China (Sichuan). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5–5.8 mm. They have a black, oblong body. The elytra are reddish brown with dark borders. The dorsal surface is dull. The head and pronotum have long, dense, erect black setae, while the hairs on the elytra are dark yellow and moderately dense. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Anomalophylla bicolor 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ahrens, D. (2005). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Anomalophylla Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 1076: 1–62. Retrieved December 10, 2025.