Sisyphus crispatus
Sisyphus crispatus | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Sisyphus |
Species: | S. crispatus
|
Binomial name | |
Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
| |
Subspecies | |
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Sisyphus crispatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Description
The subspecies, S. c. hirtus has been described as follows.
This oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 6 to 9.5 mm. Body black and opaque. Body covered with brown erect hooked setae. Setae absent on legs and metasternum. Legs are very long and slender. Head moderately strongly closely punctured. Pronotum moderately strongly closely punctured. Elytra a little longer than their combined width. Elytra have shallow striae and slightly convex intervals. Metasternum consists of large punctures. Male has a very slight rectangular projection near the middle of hind femur. [7]
References
- ^ Chandra, Kailash (2000). "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India". Zoos' Print Journal. 15 (11): 359–362. doi:10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.15.11.359-62.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ F.Z.S, Gilbert J. Arrow (1927-04-01). "XLV.—Notes on the Coleopterous genus Sisyphus (Scarabæidæ)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19 (112): 456–465. doi:10.1080/00222932708655515.
- ^ Daniel, Gimo M.; Davis, Adrian LV; Sole, Catherine L.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2020-12-20). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 51: 1–61. doi:10.1163/1876312X-00002195. S2CID 91940091.
- ^ "Distributional Notes and New Records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Sisyphus crispatus hirtus Wiedemann, 1823". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
Error: "Q4049555" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
- Articles with short description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Scarabaeinae
- Insects of Sri Lanka
- Insects of India
- Insects described in 1833
- All stub articles
- Scarabaeinae stubs