Scarabaeus gangeticus (Castelnau 1840)

Scarabaeus gangeticus, is a species of dung beetle found in many Indo-African countries including; India,^[1] Sri Lanka,^[2] Pakistan,^[3] Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Botswana, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe.^[4][5]

Description

This large broadly oval, slightly convex species has an average length of about 23 to 35 mm. Body black and sub-opaque. Legs and ventrum shiny. Lateral margins of prothorax, legs, and ventrum covered with reddish hair. Head densely and rugosely punctured. Forehead with a slight transverse carina on each side. Clypeus consists with four strong teeth which are separated by rounded notches. Pronotum finely and closely tuberculate. Scutellum not visible. Elytra very finely striate and extremely minutely and sparsely punctured. Pygidium opaque at the base, with shiny apex. Pygidium very sparsely and finely tuberculate. In male, middle tibia has a short internal fringe, whereas female has a long internal fringe.^[6]

Adults are commonly found from fresh cow dungs.^[7] The parasite Tarsopolipus bisetalus is observed from the adults in Botswana.^[8]

References

Scarabaeus gangeticus adalah spesies kumbang yang berasal dari genus Scarabaeus dan famili Scarabaeidae. Kumbang ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Coleoptera, kelas Insecta, filum Arthropoda, dan kingdom Animalia.

Kumbang ini memiliki antena yang terdiri dari plat yang disebut lamela.

Referensi

• Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, UK. Diakses pada 24 September 2012.

Scarabaeus gangeticus là một loài bọ cánh cứng trong họ Bọ hung (Scarabaeidae).^[1][2]

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