Phalops divisus explained

Phalops divisus, is a species of dung beetle found in India,[1] [2] Sri Lanka,[3] and Pakistan.[4] [5]

Description

This broadly oval, very convex species has an average length of about 9 to 13 mm. Body bright metallic green, dark blue or coppery. Elytra decorated with yellow markings. There is a triangular patch at the outer edge just behind the middle. Some additional yellow spots found closer to the base and near the middle of the suture. Large part of the elytra dorsum is yellowish. Dorsum faintly shiny and covered with fine erect yellow setae. Clypeus transversely rugose and separated by a granulate carina from the forehead. Pronotum fairly closely and evenly granulated. Elytra deeply striate, with close and fine intervals. Pygidium opaque and closely and finely granular or strigose. Male has smooth clypeus in front than behind. Legs of male are longer than those of the female. Female has feebly bilobed, round clypeus.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: On a collection of Scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Pachmarhi biosphere reserve, Madhya Pradesh . 2021-07-25 . Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 2004.
  2. Web site: New Records to the Species Diversity of Family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India) . 2021-07-25 . Academic Journal of Entomology 5 (1): 28-36, 2012.
  3. Web site: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora . 2021-07-25 . Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka.
  4. Web site: Karyotypic studies on four species of scarabaeidae (Polyphaga: Coleoptera)-Indian Journals . 2021-07-26 . www.indianjournals.com.
  5. Web site: Phalops divisus (Wiedemann, 1823) . 2021-07-26 . www.gbif.org . en.
  6. Web site: Phalops divisus (Wiedemann, 1823) . 2021-07-26 . India Biodiversity Portal.