Chiron cylindrus

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

^ "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). researchgate. Retrieved 2021-07-09. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
^ 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.
^ "Fauna of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve" (PDF). Research Gate. Retrieved 2021-07-09. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
^ "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. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)

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[1] "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). researchgate. Retrieved 2021-07-09. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)

[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. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)

[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. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)

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