Copris sodalis

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Copris sodalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Copris
Species:
C. sodalis
Binomial name
Copris sodalis
Walker, 1858
Synonyms [1]
  • Copris taprobanusGillet, 1910

Copris sodalis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka. [2]

Description

This shortly oval, very convex species has an average length of about 15 mm. Body black, shiny and smooth. Antennae, and mouthparts are red in color. Hairs upon the legs and the sides of ventrum are also reddish. Shiny head is finely and rugosely punctured. Pronotum and metasternal shield are unpunctured almost without punctures. Elytra are deeply sulcate. Pygidium fairly strongly and less punctured. In male, there is a slender compressed horn in head. Female has a short, transverse, elevated carina in head. [3]

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References

  1. "Copris sodalis". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. "Linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of dung beetles in South and Southeast Asian tropical rainforests" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. "Copris sodalis Walker, 1858". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-19.