Anthaxia nitidula

Scientific profile

Adult body length measured 5.68 mm (literature mean 6.125 mm) and body mass 0.0058 g. The head is 1.509 mm wide and 1.256 mm long, bearing eyes with an area of 0.333 mm² and antennae 1.408 mm in length. The pronotum measures 1.946 mm across and 1.248 mm long, while the elytra are 4.06 mm long and 1.08 mm wide. Overall body width is 2.176 mm, height 1.506 mm, giving a roundness of 0.692. Wings spanning 3.946 mm long and 2.122 mm wide provide a wing area of 6.35 mm², resulting in a wing loading of 0.916 and an aspect ratio of 1.86. The mandibles are small (length 0.223 mm, proximal width 0.053 mm, aspect 0.238). Leg segments show similar dimensions across pairs; front femora are 1.16 mm, mid femora 1.035 mm, hind femora 1.02 mm, with corresponding tibiae lengths of 0.975, 1.047 and 1.162 mm. The body surface exhibits a hairiness score of 12.184 in total, with dorsal hair counts of 19.894 on the head, 9.25 on the pronotum and 7.407 on the abdomen. Colour lightness is recorded at 132.72. A sexual dimorphism score of 0.0 indicates no morphological differences between males and females.