Anoxia matutinalis

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Anoxia matutinalis
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Anoxia matutinalis. Museum specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Anoxia
Species:
A. matutinalis
Binomial name
Anoxia matutinalis

Anoxia matutinalis is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [1]

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Subspecies

Description

Anoxia matutinalis can reach a length of 19–26 millimetres (0.75–1.02 in). Body shows short whitish hairs and a pale brown color, with prothorax darker than the elytrae. Elytra have a few longitudinal whitish bands. [2]

Distribution

This species is present in Corsica, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Sicily. [3] In Sardinia there is an endemic subspecies, Anoxia matutinalis sardoa. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. ↑ William Ciesla Forest Entomology
  3. ↑ Fauna europaea
  4. ↑ Francesco (2017-03-05). "Sardinian Insects: Anoxia matutinalis sardoa". Neperos. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
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