Biology:Sisyphus crispatus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Sisyphus |
| Species: | S. crispatus
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| Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833
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Sisyphus crispatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Description
The subspecies, S. c. hirtus has been described as follows.
This oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 6 to 9.5 mm. Body black and opaque. Body covered with brown erect hooked setae. Setae absent on legs and metasternum. Legs are very long and slender. Head moderately strongly closely punctured. Pronotum moderately strongly closely punctured. Elytra a little longer than their combined width. Elytra have shallow striae and slightly convex intervals. Metasternum consists of large punctures. Male has a very slight rectangular projection near the middle of hind femur.[7]
References
- ↑ Chandra, Kailash (2000). "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India". Zoos' Print Journal 15 (11): 359–362. doi:10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.15.11.359-62.
- ↑ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237010403.
- ↑ "Sisyphus crispatus Gory, 1833" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/4996805.
- ↑ F.Z.S, Gilbert J. Arrow (1927-04-01). "XLV.—Notes on the Coleopterous genus Sisyphus (Scarabæidæ)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19 (112): 456–465. doi:10.1080/00222932708655515.
- ↑ Daniel, Gimo M.; Davis, Adrian LV; Sole, Catherine L.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2020-12-20). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions" (in en). Insect Systematics & Evolution 51: 1–61. doi:10.1163/1876312X-00002195.
- ↑ "Distributional Notes and New Records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280556287.
- ↑ "Sisyphus crispatus hirtus Wiedemann, 1823". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/1484.
Wikidata ☰ Q4049555 entry
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