|
Sisyphus (beetle)
''Sisyphus'' is a genus of dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ...s comprising more than 90 species. Adults are characterised by their long hind legs. Distribution Africa, Eurasia, Asia, Central America and Australia. Habits Adults separate balls of dung from droppings and roll them some distance over the soil surface before burying them. Eggs are laid in the buried dung; this provides a source of food for the larvae once they hatch. Species One common species is '' Sisyphus schaefferi'' (Linnaeus, 1758). References Scarabaeinae {{Scarabaeinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisyphus Longipes
''Sisyphus longipes'', is a species of dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ... found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand. Description This broadly oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 4 to 6.5 mm. Body black with shiny dorsum and ventrum. Body covered with a very minute and erect reddish setae. A small bare patch upon each side of the anterior part without any setae. Posterior legs are extremely long and slender. Head moderately strongly punctured. Clypeus almost semicircular emarginate in front. There are two sharp teeth which are closely separated in the clypeus. Pronotum finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium narrow and covered with large, shallow roundish pits. References Scar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare beetle species he found in the prison, ''Necrobia ruficollis''. He published his first important work in 1796 (), and was eventually employed by the . His foresighted work on arthropod systematics and taxonomy gained him respect and accolades, including being asked to write the volume on arthropods for George Cuvier's monumental work, , the only part not by Cuvier himself. Latreille was considered the foremost entomologist of his time, and was described by one of his pupils as "the prince of entomologists". Biography Early life Pierre André Latreille was born on 29 November 1762 in the town of Brive, then in the province of Limousin, as the illegitimate child of Jean Joseph Sahuguet d'Amarzit, général ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dung Beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers. Others, known as ''tunnelers'', bury the dung wherever they find it. A third group, the ''dwellers'', neither roll nor burrow: they simply live in dung. They are often attracted by the feces collected by burrowing owls. There are dung beetle species of various colors and sizes, and some functional traits such as body mass (or biomass) and leg length can have high levels of variability. All the species belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces, that subfamily is often dubbed ''true dung beetles''. There are dung-feeding beetles which belong to other families, such as the Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisyphus Schaefferi
''Sisyphus schaefferi'' is a species of dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ... in the family Scarabaeidae. It mostly occurs in the steppe and semi-desert biotopes of Europe. Taxonomy ''Sisyphus schaefferi'' contains the following subspecies: * '' Sisyphus schaefferi morio'' * '' Sisyphus schaefferi boschniaki'' * '' Sisyphus schaefferi schaefferi'' References Scarabaeinae Taxa described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Beetles of Europe {{Scarabaeinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
