Caccobius unicornis explained

Caccobius unicornis, is a species of dung beetle found in many Asian and South East Asian countries such as: India,[1] Sri Lanka, China,[2] Java, Borneo,[3] Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, North Vietnam, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indochina.[4]

Description

This small, broadly oval and compact beetle has an average length of about 3 to 3.5 mm. Body black or pitchy. Clypeus, elytra, and legs are dark red in color. Antenna and mouthparts yellowish where the upper and lower surfaces with minute pale setae. Head short and broad, with slightly bilobed clypeus in front and rounded at the sides. Pronotum strongly punctured. Elytra are finely striate. Pygidium finely punctured. Legs are short, and the hind tibia broad at the extremity. Male has shiny head with few scattered punctures. Male also bears a short, erect horn with a slight depression behind it. Female head consists with large and small punctures.

It is commonly observed in the intestines of small children that cause the condition called scarabiasis.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Records to the Species Diversity of Family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India) . 18 July 2021 . ResearchGate . en.
  2. Web site: Chen . Keh-Miin . Yang . Man-Miao . Tsai . Jing-Fu . 1 December 2002 . Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Lanyu . 18 July 2021 . Collection and Research.
  3. Davis . Andrew J. . Huijbregts . Hans . March 2000 . https://bioone.org/journals/the-coleopterists-bulletin/volume-54/issue-1/0010-065X(2000)054[0088:AKBABR2.0.CO;2/Apparent-kleptoparasitic-behaviour-among-Bornean-rainforest-dung-beetles-Coleoptera/10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0088:AKBABR]2.0.CO;2.full Apparent kleptoparasitic behaviour among Bornean rainforest dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) ]. 18 July 2021 . The Coleopterists Bulletin . 54 . 88–89 . 10.1649/0010-065X(2000)054[0088:AKBABR]2.0.CO;2. 0010-065X .
  4. Web site: Caccobius unicornis (Fabricius, 1798) . 18 July 2021 . India Biodiversity Portal.
  5. Strickland . C. . Roy . D. N. . July 1939 . Scarabiasis or the Presence of Beetles in the Intestine . The Indian Medical Gazette . 74 . 7 . 416–419 . 5151429 . 29011819.

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