Sisyphus longipes

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Sisyphus longipes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sisyphus
Species:
S. longipes
Binomial name
Sisyphus longipes
(Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Copris helwigiiFabricius, 1798
  • Scarabaeus longipesOlivier, 1789
  • Scarabaeus minutusFabricius, 1792

Sisyphus longipes, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

This broadly oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 4 to 6.5 mm. Body black with shiny dorsum and ventrum. Body covered with a very minute and erect reddish setae. A small bare patch upon each side of the anterior part without any setae. Posterior legs are extremely long and slender. Head moderately strongly punctured. Clypeus almost semicircular emarginate in front. There are two sharp teeth which are closely separated in the clypeus. Pronotum finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium narrow and covered with large, shallow roundish pits. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sisyphus longipes (Olivier, 1789)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Sathiandran, Nithya; Vineesh, P.J.; Thomas, Sabu K. (2021-06-19). "Dung preference and trophic association of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the moist forests of the South-western Ghats of the Indian subcontinent". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 24 (3): 739–748. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2021.06.008. S2CID   237861309 . Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Distributional Notes and New Records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Sisyphus longipes (Olivier, 1789)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-27.


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