Biology:Cleptocaccobius inermis
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Short description: Species of beetle
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| Genus: | Cleptocaccobius
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| Species: | C. inermis
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| Cleptocaccobius inermis (Arrow, 1931)
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Cleptocaccobius inermis, is a species of dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
Description
This minute, broadly oval, compact species has an average length of about 3 mm. Body black and shiny. Legs and antennae except blackish club are orange-red in color. Upper surface consists with a thin fine pale setae. Head sparingly punctured with feeble and bluntly bilobed clypeus. Pronotum moderately punctured with blunt front angles. Elytra finely striate and sparingly punctured. Pygidium consists with sparse and very shallow pits. Male has a head without a carina. But in female, clypeus and forehead are separated by a curved carina.[4]
References
- ↑ "INSECTA: COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE DUNG BEETLES" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305595347_INSECTA_COLEOPTERA_SCARABAEIDAE_SCARABAEINAE_DUNG_BEETLES.
- ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Cleptocaccobius inermis)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=2746745&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock.
- ↑ Khadakkar, Suvarna S.; Tiple, Ashish D.; Khurad, Arun M.. "Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) of Vidarbha, India, with Notes on Distribution". pp. 1239. https://www.academia.edu/37953757/Scarab_Beetles_Coleoptera_Scarabaeoidea_Scarabaeidae_of_Vidarbha_India_with_Notes_on_Distribution.
- ↑ "Cleptocaccobius inermis (Arrow, 1931)". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/2149.
Wikidata ☰ Q14891337 entry
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