Blosyropus spinosus is one of the largest endemic beetles in New Zealand, growing to around 46mm long.
It is nocturnal, and flightless.
The hing wings are shortened or completely reduced in both sexes in this genus.
Blosyropus spinosus is dark brown in colour with yellowish hairs on its body.
Its key distinguishing characteristic is the pair of spines on its head, one above each eye, and the four spines on the pronotum in front of the elytra.
Blosyropus spinosus is one of the largest endemic beetles in New Zealand, growing to around 46mm long. It is nocturnal, and flightless. The hing wings are shortened or completely reduced in both sexes in this genus. Blosyropus spinosus is dark brown in colour with yellowish hairs on its body. Its key distinguishing characteristic is the pair of spines on its head, one above each eye, and the four spines on the pronotum in front of the elytra.
Blosyropus spinosus