Biology:Phyllognathus dionysius
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Phyllognathus dionysius, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal.[1][2][3][4][5]
Description
Male is about 16.0 to 23.0 mm in length. Body short, compact, globose and convex. Body shiny red brown in color. Margins of head, clypeus, pronotum, scutellum and elytra are totally black. Underside consists with long tawny hairs. Head rugo-punctate with an acute horn. Clypeus rugose, and bluntly pointed. Antenna with 10 segments. Pronotum minutely and densely punctured. Scutellum minutely punctured, and obtusely triangular. Elytra coarsely punctate-striate with puncturations. Pygidium minutely punctured. In female, head armed with a sharp and small tubercle. Pronotum coarsely punctured and pygidium covered with erect hairs.[6][7]
It is known as a minor pest on peanut, capsicum and tomato.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Phyllognathus dionysius (Fabricius, 1792)". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/256134.
- ↑ "NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PHYLLOGNATHUS DIONYSIUS FABRICIUS IN PAKISTAN". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alain-Drumont/publication/216224138_Notes_on_the_distribution_of_Phyllognathus_dionysius_Fabricius_in_Pakistan_Coleoptera_Scarabaeoidea_Dynastidae/links/5b6acacc92851ca650514da6/Notes-on-the-distribution-of-Phyllognathus-dionysius-Fabricius-in-Pakistan-Coleoptera-Scarabaeoidea-Dynastidae.pdf.
- ↑ "Status of white grubs in north western Himalaya". https://www.cabdirect.org/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f20113208482.
- ↑ "A survey study of potato white grubs in Himachal Pradesh". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mandeep-Pathania-2/publication/273384454_A_SURVEY_STUDY_OF_POTATO_WHITE_GRUBS_OF_HIMACHAL_PRADESH/links/55001f4c0cf260c99e8f4da3/A-SURVEY-STUDY-OF-POTATO-WHITE-GRUBS-OF-HIMACHAL-PRADESH.pdf.
- ↑ "White grubs damaging maize and paddy crops in Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh". https://www.cabdirect.org/?target=%2fcabdirect%2fabstract%2f20063066077.
- ↑ "Taxonomic account of Dynastinae fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Buxa Tiger Reserve (West Bengal, India)". https://www.ibiol.ro/zoology/Volume%2059/01.pdf.
- ↑ "On a collection of pleurostict scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) from the great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, India". https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kailash-Chandra/publication/264844000_On_a_collection_of_pleurostict_Scarabaeidae_Coleoptera_from_the_Great_Himalayan_National_Park_Himachal_Pradesh_India/links/5464df550cf2f5eb17ff3172/On-a-collection-of-pleurostict-Scarabaeidae-Coleoptera-from-the-Great-Himalayan-National-Park-Himachal-Pradesh-India.pdf.
- ↑ "Species diversity of root grubs associated with groundnut cropping systems in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh". https://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2020/vol8issue3/PartAI/8-3-294-467.pdf.
- ↑ "Studies on phytophagous whitegrubs of Himachal Pradesh". http://hdl.handle.net/10603/17535.
Wikidata ☰ Q14868659 entry
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