Chiron cylindrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
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

  1. ↑ "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). researchgate. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ↑ Arrow, Gilbert J. (1936-01-01). "XII.—The Beetles belonging to the Lamellicorn Genus Chiron". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. pp. 150–153. doi:10.1080/03745481.1936.10801396. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  3. ↑ "Fauna of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve" (PDF). Research Gate. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. ↑ "The beetle fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) of soil in four small areas in Allahabad (UP, India)" (PDF). Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. Retrieved 2021-07-09.


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