Biology:Sisyphus longipes

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Short description: Species of beetle

Sisyphus longipes
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sisyphus
Species:
S. longipes
Binomial name
Sisyphus longipes
(Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Copris helwigii Fabricius, 1798
  • Scarabaeus longipes Olivier, 1789
  • Scarabaeus minutus Fabricius, 1792

Sisyphus longipes, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand.[1][2][3][4]

Description

This broadly oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 4 to 6.5 mm. Body black with shiny dorsum and ventrum. Body covered with a very minute and erect reddish setae. A small bare patch upon each side of the anterior part without any setae. Posterior legs are extremely long and slender. Head moderately strongly punctured. Clypeus almost semicircular emarginate in front. There are two sharp teeth which are closely separated in the clypeus. Pronotum finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium narrow and covered with large, shallow roundish pits.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14891232 entry