Chiron cylindrus

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Chiron cylindrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Chironinae
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]

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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.


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