Campsiura nigripennis explained

Campsiura nigripennis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Biology

Adult females fly to elephant dung for oviposition and lay eggs on the dung. Larval stages then grow inside elephant dung by constructing ovoid cocoons. After the pupation, adults emerged after about a month.[2] In addition, adults are also known to attack arboreal nests of Oecophylla smaragdina.[3] In India, adults frequently nests of the wasp, Ropalidia montana, the first record that a cetoniid species observed to have an association with a social insect.[4]

Subspecies

Four subspecies has been recorded:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Takashi . Komatsu . Munetoshi . Maruyama . Sasitorn . Hasin . Varawut . Woraguttanon . Suthat . Wiyanan . Watana . Sakchoowong . 2015 . Observations of immature and adult stages of the myrmecophilous cetoniine beetle Campsiura nigripennis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) . 2021-07-18 . Entomological Science . 288–291 . en.
  2. Web site: Beetles recorded to visit elephant dung in Temenggor forest, Malaysia . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Wildlife and Parks (2014) 29 : 1-8.
  3. Komatsu . Takashi . Maruyama . Munetoshi . Hasin . Sasitorn . Woraguttanon . Varawut . Wiyanan . Suthat . Sakchoowong . Watana . 2015 . Observations of immature and adult stages of the myrmecophilous cetoniine beetle Campsiura nigripennis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) . 2021-07-18 . Entomological Science . 18 . 2 . 288–291 . en . 10.1111/ens.12118. 83035778 .
  4. Web site: First record of the cetonid beetle, Campsiura nigripennis (Schaum, 1841) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand . 2021-07-18 . Calodema, 635: 1-4 (2018) .
  5. Web site: Campsiura nigripennis cingalensis (Arrow, 1910) . 2021-07-18 . www.gbif.org . en.
  6. Web site: Campsiura nigripennis maculicollis species page . 2021-07-18 . THAILAND NATURE PROJECT . en.
  7. Web site: Campsiura nigripennis sumatrana Legrand, 2012 . 2021-07-18 . www.gbif.org . en.