Biology:Ligyrus gibbosus

Short description: Species of beetle

Ligyrus gibbosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Ligyrus
Species:	L. gibbosus
Binomial name
Ligyrus gibbosus (De Geer, 1774)
Synonyms
Ligyrus laticollis LeConte, 1847 Casey, 1915 Ligyrus arizonensis (De Geer, 1774) Casey, 1915 Ligyrus bicorniculatus Casey, 1915 Ligyrus brevipes Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1909 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Ligyrus parallelus Ligyrus scitulus Podalgus variolosus Ligyrus farctus Ligyrus laetulus Ligyrus laticauda Ligyrus longulus Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Burmeister, 1847 Ligyrus puncticauda Ligyrus breviusculus Ligyrus californicus Ligyrus curtipennis Ligyrus effetus Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1915 Casey, 1909 Fabricius, 1775 Scarabaeus juvencus Ligyrus virginicus Casey, 1915 Ligyrus rubidus Ligyrus spissipes Ligyrus remotus Ligyrus texanus Tomarus gibbosus Bothynus morio Ligyrus lacustris Ligyrus laevicauda Ligyrus lucublandus

Ligyrus gibbosus, the carrot beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. Adults are 13–17 mm (0.5–0.7 in) long, dark reddish-brown to black, and larvae are white with a dark head. It feeds on roots, grasses, and decaying vegetation in the soil, and is a pest of sunflowers and other crops.

Systematics

L. gibbosus was formerly placed under the genus Tomarus until a 2022 revision by López-García, M.M. and C. Deloya.

Further reading

• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q30239548 entry