Scarabaeus sanctus

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Scarabaeus sanctus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Scarabaeus
Species:
S. sanctus
Binomial name
Scarabaeus sanctus
(Fabricius 1798)
Synonyms
  • Copris sanctusFabricius, 1798
  • Kheper sanctus(Fabricius, 1798)

Scarabaeus sanctus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Description

This broadly oval species has an average length of about 21 to 26 mm. Body dark blue, green or coppery. Ventrum and legs nearly black. Head, legs, and lateral sides of the thorax covered with black hair. Dorsum shiny, and strongly punctured. Head coarsely, densely, and rugosely pitted. There are erect short hairs upon the clypeus. Pronotum moderately convex and densely asperately punctured or granular. Scutellum is visible. Elytra finely striate, with coarse intervals. Lateral sides of the metasternum very finely and sparingly punctured. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. ↑ "Kheper sanctus (Fabricius, 1798)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  3. ↑ "On a collection of Scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Pachmarhi biosphere reserve, Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 2004. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). Zoo's Print Journal, 2000. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  5. ↑ "Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh, India" (PDF). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  6. ↑ "Scarabaeus sanctus Fabricius 1798". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-26.


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