''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
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