Anthaxia nitidula
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| image = Buprestidae - Anthaxia nitidula - male.JPG
| taxon = Anthaxia nitidula
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms =
- Anthaxia agnusi (Mequignon, 1927)
- Anthaxia canipennis (Gory, 1841)
- Anthaxia grabowskyi (Obenberger, 1912)
- Anthaxia lichacevi (Obenberger, 1930)
- Anthaxia millefolii (Abeille de Perrin, 1894)
- Buprestis laeta (Schaeffer, 1766)
- Buprestis styria (Voet, 1806) [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9123/ Biolib]
}}
Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
Description
The adults are {{convert|5|-|7|mm}} long.[http://aramel.free.fr/INSECTES11-14-1.shtml Aramel.free] and are pollinators.[http://www.zabra.at/zabra_00000094.html A. nitidula on Zabra.at] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011033619/http://www.zabra.at/zabra_00000094.html |date=October 11, 2012 }} The male is completely metallic green, while the head and pronotum in the female are red and elytra are green. Main host plants of the wood-boring larvae are in the genera Amygdalus, Crataegus and Prunus.[http://web.romascuola.net/bups/hostplan.htm Host plants of Buprestidae]
Distribution
This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095405/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=101362 Fauna Europaea]
Subspecies
Gallery
File:Anthaxia nitidula (female), Wollenberg, Hesse, Germany - 20110522.ogv|
File:Buprestidae - Anthaxia nitidula - female.JPG|Female
References
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Category:Beetles described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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