Ochicanthon ceylonicus

Ochicanthon ceylonicus, is a species of dung beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Ochicanthon ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Ochicanthon
Species:
O. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Ochicanthon ceylonicus
Cuccodoro, 2011

Description

This small oval species has an average length of about 4.2 to 4.4 mm. Body black and shiny. Head with annular setiferous punctures. Laterally, pronotum weakly convex where the outline at base almost in line with that of elytral suture. Latero-basal paramarginal ridge is absent. Pronotum with annular setiferous punctures. Elytra moderately convex with shallow and narrow striae. Pygidium with shallow setiferous punctures.[2]

References
  1. "Ochicanthon ceylonicus Cuccodoro, 2011". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. "Taxonomy of the dung beetle genus Ochicanthon Vaz-de-Mello (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian subcontinent, with notes on distribution …". Zootaxa 2745: 1–29 (2011). Retrieved 2021-07-22.
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