Chiron cylindrus

Chiron cylindrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Chiron
Species:	C. cylindrus
Binomial name
Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
Scarites cylindrusFabricius, 1798 Passalus cylindrusHliger, 1801 Chiron digitatusCastelnau, 1840 Chiron cylindrusPaulian, 1954 Sinodendron digitatumFabricius, 1801 Passalus cylindrusIlliger, 1801

Chiron cylindrus is a species of true dung beetle widely distributed from Myanmar to Sri Lanka and towards tropical Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

Average length is about 9 to 11 mm. Body elongate and cylindrical, with shiny surface. Dorsum brown to black in color. Head coarse and fine. Clypeus small and broad, with a small transverse median carina. Pronotum fine and sparsely punctate. Scutellum narrow, elongate with a blunt apex. Elytra finely punctate and striated. ^[3]

Adults are frequently observed in the 1st and 2nd weeks of September where both the larvae as well as adults feed on dung. ^[4]

References

1. "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). researchgate. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
2. Arrow, Gilbert J. (1936-01-01). "XII.—The Beetles belonging to the Lamellicorn Genus Chiron". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. pp. 150–153. doi:10.1080/03745481.1936.10801396 . Retrieved 2021-07-10.
3. "Fauna of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve" (PDF). Research Gate. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
4. "The beetle fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) of soil in four small areas in Allahabad (UP, India)" (PDF). Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. Retrieved 2021-07-09.