Biology:Neosisyphus tarantula

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Neosisyphus tarantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Neosisyphus
Species:
N. tarantula
Binomial name
Neosisyphus tarantula
(Arrow, 1909)

Neosisyphus tarantula, is a species of dung beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Description

This oval, very convex species has an average length of about 11 mm. Body black and shiny. Head and pronotum feebly coppery. Dorsum covered with dark hooked setae. It has very long posterior legs. Head strongly and fairly closely punctured. Clypeus possess two small acute teeth at the front margin. Pronotum finely and very sparsely punctured. Elytra bear shallow punctured striae. Pygidium shiny and strongly but sparsely punctured.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Neosisyphus" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/165423543. 
  2. ↑ "Neosisyphus tarantula". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-1088811.html. 
  3. ↑ "Neosisyphus tarantula (Arrow, 1909)". https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/275796. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14921050 entry




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