Tibiodrepanus setosus explained

Tibiodrepanus setosus, is a species of dung beetle found in many South Asian and South East Asian countries including: Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Description

This elongate-oval, little depressed species has an average length of about 4.5 to 5.5 mm. Body black with reddish antennae and tarsi. Body covered with grey or dirty yellow setae. Head narrow, unevenly and unequally punctured. Head shiny and deeply punctate. Clypeus bidentate and deeply impressed between the teeth. Pronotum very closely covered with large shallow pits. Elytra opaque, broadly and shallowly striate. Pygidium opaque and setose. Metasternal disc flat. Male has a pronotum with a small anterior lateral depression on each side as well as a large posterior depression. But female has a pronotum with a large median posterior depression.[6]

Adults are observed from elephant and gaur dung.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tibiodrepanus setosus Wiedemann 1823 . 2021-07-27 . www.gbif.org . en.
  2. 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.
  3. Web site: First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand . 2021-07-26 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 17-22.
  4. 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 . 2021-07-27 . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 4 . 7 . 2685–2692 . en . 10.11609/JoTT.o3074.2685-92. free .
  5. Web site: Rainfall seasonality and guild composition of scarabaeinae dung beetles in a forest in South Western Ghats . 2021-07-26 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2020; 8(3): 459-464.
  6. Web site: Tibiodrepanus setosus (Wiedemann, 1823) . 2021-07-27 . India Biodiversity Portal.
  7. Web site: DUNG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEINAE) ATTRACTED TO OMNIVORE DUNG IN THE FORESTS OF THE MOIST SOUTH WESTERN GHATS . 2021-07-26 . Proc. XV AZRA International Conference “Recent Advances in Life Sciences”, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, 11–13 February 2016.

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