Helops rossii

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Helops rossii
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Helops rossii. Museum specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tenebrionidae
Genus: Helops
Species:
H. rossii
Binomial name
Helops rossii
Germar, 1817
Synonyms
  • Tenebrio violaceus Thunberg, 1817

Helops rossii is a species of darkling beetles (insects belonging to the family Tenebrionidae) in the subfamily Tenebrioninae. [1]

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Description

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A live individual of Helops rossii

Helops rossii can reach a length of 13–20 millimetres (0.51–0.79 in). Body is metallic blue-black in color. These beetles can be found from January to December. [2]

Distribution

This species is present in Austria, Croatia, Italy and Montenegro. [3]

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