Proagoderus pactolus

Proagoderus pactolus
	male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Genus:	Proagoderus
Species:	P. pactolus
Binomial name
	Proagoderus pactolus; (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus pactolus Fabricius, 1787;

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

Description

This narrowly oval, convex species has an average length of about 11 to 16 mm. Body bright deep metallic green. Sides of the prothorax, parts of the head are reddish-golden. Elytra reddish-orange, with greenish suture whereas antenna pale yellow. Head, legs, and ventrum covered with moderately long yellow setae. Pronotum and elytra covered with minute yellow setae. Head, pronotum, and elytra densely punctured or granular. Elytra very minutely and evenly. Pronotum smooth and shiny at the middle. Pronotum long, with nearly straight sides. Elytra feebly striate, with carinate juxtasutural intervals. Pygidium densely punctured. Male has semicircular clypeus and a slender horn on vertex. Pronotum with a slight tubercle on each side. Female has a little produced clypeus with a strongly arcuate frontal carina.^[4]

References

^ "Taxonomic studies on Lamellicorn Scarabaeids (Coleoptera) of Simbalbara Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India" (PDF). faunaofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
^ "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.
^ "Scarabaeus pactolus Fabricius, 1787". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
^ "Proagoderus pactolus (Fabricius, 1787)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

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[1] "Taxonomic studies on Lamellicorn Scarabaeids (Coleoptera) of Simbalbara Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India" (PDF). faunaofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

[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] "Scarabaeus pactolus Fabricius, 1787". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

[4] "Proagoderus pactolus (Fabricius, 1787)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

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Proagoderus pactolus

Description

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