Acrossus bimaculatus

Acrossus bimaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Acrossus
Species:
A. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Acrossus bimaculatus
(Laxmann, 1770)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus bimaculatus Laxmann, 1770
  • Aphodius bipunctatus obscurior Hochhuth, 1873
  • Scarabaeus coccinelloides Pallas, 1781
  • Scarabaeus bipunctatus Lepechin, 1775

Acrossus bimaculatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Austria, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in). They have a rather broadly oval, moderately convex, glabrous, shiny, black body, with the lateral margins of the pronotum and the elytra light or dark red to yellowish-red. There is a roundish, black spot on each elytron.

References

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