Anthaxia lucens

Anthaxia lucens is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.[1]

Anthaxia lucens
Anthaxia lucens. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Anthaxia
Species:
A. lucens
Binomial name
Anthaxia lucens
Küster, 1852

Subspecies
  • Anthaxia lucens lucens Küster, 1852
  • Anthaxia lucens phoenica Ganglbauer, 1882

Descriptiom

Anthaxia lucens can reach a length of 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in). This species has a bright elytral coloration, with longitudinal orange stripes on a metallic bluish-black background. Male's metatibiae are almost straight.[2] Larvae feed on Prunus domestica, Armeniaca vulgaris and Prunus cerasus.[3]

Distribution

This species is present in the East Palearctic ecozone, in Albania, Crete, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Turkey.[4]

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References
  1. Biolib
  2. S. Bily - 1982 Two new species of Anthaxia from Crete
  3. "Anthaxia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  4. Fauna europaea


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