Mimela macleayana

Mimela macleayana, is a species of true dung beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mimela macleayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Mimela
Species:
M. macleayana
Binomial name
Mimela macleayana
(Vigors, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Euchlora macleayana Vigors, 1825
  • Mimela macleayana Arrow, 1910

Description

Head, pronotum and scutellum are golden green in color. Elytra green with yellowish outer margins. Body is large, and elongate-oval. Legs, pygidium and ventrum covered with decumbent hairs. Eyes are prominent but with a small clypeus which is coarsely rugose. Forehead strongly punctured. Pronotum punctured and scutellum long and covered with few fine punctures. There are no lateral tooth in tibia of first leg pair.[6]

References
  1. "Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Zoos' print journal, 2005. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  2. "Diversity and Relative Abundance of Pleurostict Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Central India" (PDF). World Journal of Zoology 7 (2): 147-154, 2012. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  3. "First record of new species of whitegrubs in Gujarat". CABI. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  4. Arrow, Gilbert J. (1911-09-01). "XLIII.—On the Ruteline Coleoptera of Ceylon, with descriptions of new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. pp. 354–365. doi:10.1080/00222931108693037. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  5. "White grubs and their management" (PDF). CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE JODHPUR. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  6. "Mimela macleayana (Vigors, 1825)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
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