Acrossus depressus

Acrossus depressus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Acrossus
Species:	A. depressus
Binomial name
	Acrossus depressus; (Kugelann, 1792)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus depressus Kugelann, 1792; Acrossus depressus nigrolineatus Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005; Acrossus depressus plutenkoi Berlov, 1989; Aphodius depressus circumlineatus Schmidt, 1917; Aphodius depressus kolbeanus Schmidt, 1917; Aphodius depressus humeralis Kolbe, 1911; Aphodius (Acrossus) depressus biceps Dalla Torre, 1879; Aphodius (Acrossus) depressus marginatus Dalla Torre, 1879; Aphodius (Acrossus) depressus rufus Dalla Torre, 1879; Aphodius squalidissimus Gistel, 1857; Aphodius atramentarius Erichson, 1848; Aphodius caminarius Faldermann, 1836; Aphodius fennicus Sahlberg; Aphodius nigripes Stephens, 1830;

Acrossus depressus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China (Sichuan), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (including the Russian Far East and Siberia), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in). They have a shiny, quite strongly convex, glabrous body. The head and pronotum are black, while the elytra are reddish-brown, sometimes with a darker spot and sometimes completely black.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved November 1, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Acrossus depressus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 1, 2026.
1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved November 1, 2026.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Acrossus depressus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 1, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved November 1, 2026.