Tibiodrepanus setosus

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Tibiodrepanus setosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Tibiodrepanus
Species:
T. setosus
Binomial name
Tibiodrepanus setosus
(Wiedemann, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Copris setosusWiedemann, 1823
  • Ixodina setosa(Wiedemann, 1823)
  • Drepanocerus setosus(Wiedemann, 1823)
  • Drepanocerus setosusBalthasar, 1963
  • Tibiodrepanus setosusHaroldius, 2009

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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Description

This elongate-oval, little depressed species has an average length of about 4.5 to 5.5 mm. Body black with reddish antennae and tarsi. Body covered with grey or dirty yellow setae. Head narrow, unevenly and unequally punctured. Head shiny and deeply punctate. Clypeus bidentate and deeply impressed between the teeth. Pronotum very closely covered with large shallow pits. Elytra opaque, broadly and shallowly striate. Pygidium opaque and setose. Metasternal disc flat. Male has a pronotum with a small anterior lateral depression on each side as well as a large posterior depression. But female has a pronotum with a large median posterior depression. [6]

Adults are observed from elephant and gaur dung. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tibiodrepanus setosus Wiedemann 1823". 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. ↑ "First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand". Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 17-22. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  4. ↑ Venugopal, K. S.; Thomas, S. K.; Flemming, A. T. (2012-07-26). "Diversity and community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) associated with semi-urban fragmented agricultural land in the Malabar coast in southern India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 4 (7): 2685–2692. doi: 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92 . Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Rainfall seasonality and guild composition of scarabaeinae dung beetles in a forest in South Western Ghats" (PDF). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2020; 8(3): 459-464. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Tibiodrepanus setosus (Wiedemann, 1823)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  7. ↑ "DUNG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEINAE) ATTRACTED TO OMNIVORE DUNG IN THE FORESTS OF THE MOIST SOUTH WESTERN GHATS". Proc. XV AZRA International Conference “Recent Advances in Life Sciences”, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, 11–13 February 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-26.


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