Heteronyx comans

Heteronyx comans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Heteronyx
Species:
H. comans
Binomial name
Heteronyx comans
Blackburn, 1909

Heteronyx comans is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Australia (Tasmania, New South Wales).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). The head, pronotum and antennae are piceous to black, while the elytra are piceous and reddish near the apices or reddish with a black base. There are sparse, long setae on the clypeus, frons, pronotum and part of the elytra. The remainder of the elytra (the distal two thirds) is clothed with shorter setae.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Heteronyx comans 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Britton, E. B. (2000). "A review of the genus Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 14 (4): 465–589. Retrieved June 16, 2026.