Pygopleurus vulpes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Glaphyridae
Genus: Pygopleurus
Species: Pygopleurus vulpes
Name

Pygopleurus vulpes Motschulsky, 1859
References

Amphicoma (Pygopleurus) vulpes (Fabricius, 1781)
Pygopleurus vulpes F., 1781 (= Amphicoma vulpes) - photo by D.G. Kasatkin

Pygopleurus vulpes is a species of beetles from the Glaphyridae family.[1]

Description

Pygopleurus vulpes can reach a length of 12–14 millimetres (0.47–0.55 in).[2] The males of these beetles are completely covered by long hairs. They do not show variability of integuments and setae, but their color ranges from the common straw-yellow color to reddish and dark orange color.[3] In the females the pronotum is greenish and the brown elytrae remain visible.[4]
Distribution

This species is present in Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia and Ukraine.[5]
Bibliography

Miksic R. (1955) Bemerkungen über die Variabilität einiger Amphicoma-Arten, Fragmenta Balcanica Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium. Skopje 1(20):175-179
Truqui E. (1848) Amphicoma et Eulasia insectorum coleopterorum genera, Studi Entomologia :1-48
Fabricius J.C. (1781) Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosian, adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom.I, Carol.Ernest.Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii, VIII:1-552
Pallas P.S. (1781) Icones Insectorum praesertim Rossiae Siberiaeque pecularium quae collegit et Descriptionibus illustravit, Walther. Erlangae:1-96
Fabricius J.C. (1792) Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Hafniae. C. G. Proft & fils 1:1-538
Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P.

References

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Beetles and Coleopterologists
Maurizio Bollino and Gianpaolo Ruzzante COROLOGICAL NOTES ON SOME SPECIES OF PYGOPLEURUS (COLEOPTERA: GLAPHYRIDAE) FROM THE GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS
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