Anthaxia nitidula explained

Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.

Description

The adults are 5- long.^[1] and are pollinators.^[2] 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^[2] are in the genera Amygdalus, Crataegus and Prunus.^[3]

Distribution

This beetle is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.^[4]

Subspecies

• Anthaxia nitidula nitidula (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Anthaxia nitidula signaticollis (Krynicky, 1832)

Gallery

File:Anthaxia nitidula (female), Wollenberg, Hesse, Germany - 20110522.ogv|File:Buprestidae - Anthaxia nitidula - female.JPG|Female

Notes and References

1. http://aramel.free.fr/INSECTES11-14-1.shtml Aramel.free
2. http://www.zabra.at/zabra_00000094.html A. nitidula on Zabra.at
3. http://web.romascuola.net/bups/hostplan.htm Host plants of Buprestidae
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095405/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=101362 Fauna Europaea