''Anoxia matutinalis'' is a species of

dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ...

in the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

Subspecies

Description

''Anoxia matutinalis'' can reach a length of . Body shows short whitish hairs and a pale brown color, with prothorax darker than the elytrae. Elytra have a few longitudinal whitish bands.

Distribution

This species is present in Corsica, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Sicily. In Sardinia there is an endemic subspecies, ''Anoxia matutinalis sardoa''.

References

Melolonthinae Beetles described in 1823 {{Melolonthinae-stub