Chiron cylindrus explained

Chiron cylindrus, is a species of true dung beetle widely distributed from Myanmar to Sri Lanka and towards tropical Africa.[1] [2]

Description

Average length is about 9 to 11 mm. Body elongate and cylindrical, with shiny surface. Dorsum brown to black in color. Head coarse and fine. Clypeus small and broad, with a small transverse median carina. Pronotum fine and sparsely punctate. Scutellum narrow, elongate with a blunt apex. Elytra finely punctate and striated.[3]

Adults are frequently observed in the 1st and 2nd weeks of September where both the larvae as well as adults feed on dung.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India . 2021-07-09 . researchgate.
  2. Web site: Arrow . Gilbert J. . 1936-01-01 . XII.—The Beetles belonging to the Lamellicorn Genus Chiron . 2021-07-10 . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 150–153 . 10.1080/03745481.1936.10801396.
  3. Web site: Fauna of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve . 2021-07-09 . Research Gate.
  4. Web site: The beetle fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) of soil in four small areas in Allahabad (UP, India) . 2021-07-09 . Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur.

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