| Scarabaeus erichsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Scarabaeus |
| Species: | S. erichsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Scarabaeus erichsoni (Harold, 1867) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scarabaeus erichsoni, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka. [1] Sometimes, the species is classified as Kheper erichsoni. [2]
This broadly oval, flat species has an average length of about 21 to 26 mm. Body with dark blue, green or coppery dorsum and darker ventrum. Head, legs and lateral margins of the thorax covered with dark hair. Body scattered shiny, and very strongly punctured. Head coarsely, densely, and rugosely pitted. Pronotum scarcely convex. Scutellum is visible and the elytra rather deeply striate. Pygidium rather finely punctured. In male, middle part of the fringe on the upper surface of the hind tibia is very close, but in female, it is evenly spaced and rather thin. [3]
The genus Scarabaeus consists of a number of Old World dung beetle species, including the "sacred scarab beetle", Scarabaeus sacer and typical of the tribe Scarabaeini. These beetles feed exclusively on dung, which they accomplish by rolling a piece of dung some distance from where it was deposited, and burying it in order to feed on it underground. They also prepare food for their larvae by excavating an underground chamber, and filling it with balls that have eggs laid in them. The growing larva feeds upon the dung ball, pupates, and eventually emerges as an adult.
Neocalaphodius moestus, is a species of dung beetle found throughout the countries in Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Indian subcontinent.
Copris repertus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Liatongus rhadamistus, or Scaptodera rhadamistus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Laos and Thailand.
Onitis singhalensis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.
Onthophagus centricornis is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. It is a small arboreal dung beetle inhabited in both dry and wet forests.
Onthophagus centricornis, is a species of dung beetle found in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Thailand.
Onthophagus dama, is a species of dung beetle found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka.
Onthophagus ceylonicus, is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Onthophagus falsus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Onthophagus heterorrhinus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Onthophagus negligens, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Onthophagus spinifex, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and China.
Proagoderus pactolus, is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Scarabaeus gangeticus, is a species of dung beetle found in many Indo-African countries including; India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Botswana, Ethipoia, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Scarabaeus sanctus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.
Sisyphus crispatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Sisyphus longipes, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand.
Tibiodrepanus setosus, is a species of dung beetle found in many South Asian and South East Asian countries including: Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia.
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