Biology:Chiron cylindrus

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Short description: Species of beetle


Chiron cylindrus
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Chiron
Species:
C. cylindrus
Binomial name
Chiron cylindrus
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Scarites cylindrus Fabricius, 1798
  • Passalus cylindrus Hliger, 1801
  • Chiron digitatus Castelnau, 1840
  • Chiron cylindrus Paulian, 1954
  • Sinodendron digitatum Fabricius, 1801
  • Passalus cylindrus Illiger, 1801

Chiron cylindrus, is a species of true dung beetle widely distributed from Myanmar to Sri Lanka and towards tropical Africa.[1][2]

Description

Average length is about 9 to 11 mm. Body elongate and cylindrical, with shiny surface. Dorsum brown to black in color. Head coarse and fine. Clypeus small and broad, with a small transverse median carina. Pronotum fine and sparsely punctate. Scutellum narrow, elongate with a blunt apex. Elytra finely punctate and striated.[3]

Adults are frequently observed in the 1st and 2nd weeks of September where both the larvae as well as adults feed on dung.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2425406 entry