Adesmia cancellata | |
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Male (top) and female (below) individuals of Adesmia cancellata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Tenebrionidae |
Genus: | Adesmia |
Species: | A. cancellata |
Binomial name | |
Adesmia cancellata | |
Adesmia cancellata, the pitted beetle, is a species of desert beetle of the Tenebrionidae family[2] that inhabits arid environments in the Middle East.
It was first formally described by the entomologist Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1830.[2][1]
References
- 1 2 "Adesmia cancellata (Klug, 1830)". insecta. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- 1 2 "Adesmia cancellata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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