Glaphyrus maurus

Glaphyrus maurus
Glaphyrus maurus from Tunisia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Glaphyridae
Genus:	Glaphyrus
Species:	G. maurus
Binomial name
Glaphyrus maurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Scarabaeus maurus Linnaeus, 1758 Melolontha cardeci Fabricius, 1787 [1]

Glaphyrus maurus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Glaphyridae. ^[2]

Description

Glaphyrus maurus has a blue-green body, a convex thorax, glabrous elytra and a yellowish hairy abdomen. ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

This species is present in North Africa (Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia). ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. GBIF
2. Biolib
3. Linnæus, Carolus. 1758 Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis pg. 348
4. Milan Nikodym & Denis Keith A contribution to knowledge of the genus Glaphyrus Latreille, 1807 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae)
5. Discover life