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
  • 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


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