Scarabaeus erichsoni

Scarabaeus erichsoni, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[1] Sometimes, the species is classified as Kheper erichsoni.[2]

Scarabaeus erichsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Scarabaeus
Species:
S. erichsoni
Binomial name
Scarabaeus erichsoni
(Harold, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus (Kheper) erichsoni Harold, 1867
  • Ateuchus erichsoni Harold, 1867

Description

This broadly oval, flat species has an average length of about 21 to 26 mm. Body with dark blue, green or coppery dorsum and darker ventrum. Head, legs and lateral margins of the thorax covered with dark hair. Body scattered shiny, and very strongly punctured. Head coarsely, densely, and rugosely pitted. Pronotum scarcely convex. Scutellum is visible and the elytra rather deeply striate. Pygidium rather finely punctured. In male, middle part of the fringe on the upper surface of the hind tibia is very close, but in female, it is evenly spaced and rather thin.[3]

References

  1. "INSECTA: COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE DUNG BEETLES". Zoo I. Surv. India Fauna of Karnataka, State Fauna Series, 21 : 173-178,2013. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  2. "Kheper erichsoni (Harold, 1867)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. "Scarabaeus erichsoni Harold, 1867". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-22.


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