Delopleurus parvus

Delopleurus parvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Genus:	Delopleurus
Species:	D. parvus
Binomial name
	Delopleurus parvus; (Sharp, 1875)
Synonyms
	Coptorhina parvusSharp, 1875; Delopleurus cardoniPaulian, 1934;

Last updated August 21, 2023

Delopleurus parvus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description

This small subquadrate, highly convex species has an average length of about 5 to 6 mm. Body black, and shiny. Antennae, and mouthparts are red in color with yellowish antennal club. Head densely and rugosely punctured. Elytra trapezoidal. Elytra finely striate with very strong widely spaced punctures. Bilobate pygidium with wide borders.^[4]

The species has found in habitats such as under a puffball fungus.^[5]

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References

↑ Frolov, Andrey V. (2015-01-25). "Revision of the genus Delopleurus Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with description of new species from Africa". Journal of Natural History. pp. 129–154. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.909072 . Retrieved 2021-07-19.
↑ Mittal, I.C.; Jain, Rahul (2015). "A checklist of Indian Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Indian Journal of Entomology. p. 383. doi:10.5958/0974-8172.2015.00076.0 . Retrieved 2021-07-19.
↑ Sabu, Thomas K.; Nithya, S.; Vinod, K. V. (2011-04-22). "Faunal survey, endemism and possible species loss of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the western slopes of the moist South Western Ghats, South India". Zootaxa. p. 29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2830.1.3 . Retrieved 2021-07-19.
↑ "Delopleurus parvus (Sharp, 1875)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
↑ "Report of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to unconventional resources, with the description of three new species" (PDF). ENTOMON 41(4) : 265-282 (2016). Retrieved 2021-07-18.

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[1] Frolov, Andrey V. (2015-01-25). "Revision of the genus Delopleurus Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with description of new species from Africa". Journal of Natural History. pp. 129–154. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.909072 . Retrieved 2021-07-19.

[2] Mittal, I.C.; Jain, Rahul (2015). "A checklist of Indian Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Indian Journal of Entomology. p. 383. doi:10.5958/0974-8172.2015.00076.0 . Retrieved 2021-07-19.

[3] Sabu, Thomas K.; Nithya, S.; Vinod, K. V. (2011-04-22). "Faunal survey, endemism and possible species loss of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the western slopes of the moist South Western Ghats, South India". Zootaxa. p. 29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2830.1.3 . Retrieved 2021-07-19.

[4] "Delopleurus parvus (Sharp, 1875)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

[5] "Report of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to unconventional resources, with the description of three new species" (PDF). ENTOMON 41(4) : 265-282 (2016). Retrieved 2021-07-18.

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