''Sulcophanaeus'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s belonging to the family
Scarabaeidae. This genus has a Neotropical distribution (Central and Southern America).
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Species
''Sulcophanaeus'' comprises five species groups (''faunus'', ''carnifex'', auricollis, ''imperator'' and ''menelas'') and about 15 valid species:[
* '' Sulcophanaeus actaeon'' (Erichson, 1847)
* '' Sulcophanaeus auricollis'' (von Harold, 1880)
* '' Sulcophanaeus batesi'' (von Harold, 1868)
* '' Sulcophanaeus carnifex'' ( Linnaeus, ]1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von LinnĂ©) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
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* '' Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis'' (von Harold, 1863)
* '' Sulcophanaeus columbi'' (W.S. MacLeay, 1819)
* '' Sulcophanaeus faunus'' (Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1775)
* '' Sulcophanaeus imperator'' (Chevrolat, 1844)
* '' Sulcophanaeus leander'' (Waterhouse, 1891)
* '' Sulcophanaeus menelas'' (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
* '' Sulcophanaeus miyashitai'' Arnaud, 2002
* '' Sulcophanaeus noctis'' (Bates, 1887)
* '' Sulcophanaeus rhadamanthus'' (von Harold, 1875)
* '' Sulcophanaeus steinheili'' (von Harold, 1875)
* '' Sulcophanaeus velutinus'' (Murray, 1856)
Description
Species within this genus can reach a length of . They are short and powerful dung beetles. This genus includes some particularly colorful species, many have metallic colors, others are black. Especially the males tend to have horns and outgrowths of various kinds of head and pronotum. Often male has a long, curved horns on his forehead. Pronotum is much broader than long. Elytra are short and broad with deep longitudinal wrinkles. They are diurnal, coprophagous species.[W. D. Edmonds]
Revision of Neotropical Dung Deetle Genus Sulcophanaeus
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Gallery
File:Sulcophanaeus faunus Fabricius, 1775 female (3184546771).jpg, ''Sulcophanaeus faunus'' - female
File:Sulcophanaeus faunus Fabricius, 1775 male (3184546477).jpg, ''Sulcophanaeus faunus'' - male
File:Sulcophanaeus imperator alticollis Arnaud, 2002 female (3275057414).jpg, ''Sulcophanaeus imperator alticollis'' - female
File:Sulcophanaeus imperator imperator (Chevrolat, 1844) female (3274236453).jpg, ''Sulcophanaeus imperator imperator'' - female
File:Sulcophanaeus imperator imperator (Chevrolat, 1844) male (3274236157).jpg, ''Sulcophanaeus imperator imperator'' - male
File:Sulcophanaeus menelas (Laporte, 1840) female (3415267634).jpg, ''Sulcophanaeus menelas''
References
* Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database. Schoolmeesters P.
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Scarabaeidae