Anthaxia thalassophila
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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| image = Buprestidae - Anthaxia thalassophila-2.JPG
| image_caption = Female
| image2 = Buprestidae - Anthaxia thalassophila (male).JPG
| image2_caption = Male
| genus = Anthaxia
| species = thalassophila
| authority = Abeille de Perrin, 1900
| synonyms =
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Anthaxia thalassophila is a species of jewel beetle belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
Subspecies
[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id236522/ Biolib]
- Anthaxia thalassophila iberica (Cobos, 1986)
- Anthaxia thalassophila pseudokervillei (Niehuis, 1990)
- Anthaxia thalassophila thalassophila (Abeille de Perrin, 1900)
Description
Anthaxia thalassophila can reach a length of {{convert|4|-|6|mm}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.anthaxia.eu/images/A-thalassophila-iberica.jpg |title=Anthaxia thalassophila iberica |access-date=2014-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165645/http://www.anthaxia.eu/images/A-thalassophila-iberica.jpg |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead }} This species is characterized by the brilliance of its colors: bright green and dark red with metallic reflections in the females, while the males in place of the red present a bright yellow color with a reddish sheen.
Ecology
Distribution
This beetle is present in France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia and Albania.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095651/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=101398 Fauna Europaea]
References
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Category:Beetles described in 1900
Category:Taxa named by Elzéar Abeille de Perrin
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