Caccobius vulcanus explained

Caccobius vulcanus, is a species of dung beetle native to India and Sri Lanka.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Description

This small, convex, oval and compact beetle has an average length of about 4 to 5 mm. Body black with shining golden-red head and pronotum. In elytra which is scarcely shining, consists with a short transverse orange to reddish line located at the posterior margin. Head short and broad. Clypeus bilobed and pronotum strongly, evenly, and closely punctured. Pygidium sparsely punctured. Male has very feebly bilobed clypeus and shiny forehead, whereas female has rugose clypeus and sparsely punctured forehead.^[5] ^[6]

Notes and References

Web site: Caccobius vulcanus (Fabricius, 1801) . 2021-07-18 . India Biodiversity Portal.
Venugopal . K. S. . Thomas . S. K. . Flemming . A. T. . 2012-07-26 . Diversity and community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) associated with semi-urban fragmented agricultural land in the Malabar coast in southern India . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 4 . 7 . 2685–2692 . en . 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92. free .
Kakkar . N. . Gupta . S. K. . 2009-09-26 . Temporal variations in dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in Kurukshetra, Haryana, India . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 1 . 9 . 481–483 . en . 10.11609/JoTT.o2075.481-3. free .
Web site: Effect of habitat on the abundance and diversity of Scarabaeoid Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) assemblages in India-Indian Journals . 2021-07-18 . www.indianjournals.com.
Kakkar . Nidhi . Gupta . Sanjeev K. . 2010 . Diversity and seasonal fluctuations in dung beetle (Coleoptera) community in Kurukshetra, India . 2021-07-18 . Entomological Research . 40 . 3 . 189–192 . en . 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2010.00275.x. 85732657 .
Venugopal . K. Simi . Thomas . Sabu K. . Flemming . Albin T. . 2012-07-26 . Diversity and community structure of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) associated with semi-urban fragmented agricultural land in the Malabar coast in southern India . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 4 . 7 . 2685–2692 . 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92. free .