Delopleurus parvus
| Delopleurus parvus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Ateuchini |
| Genus: | Delopleurus |
| Species: | D. parvus
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| Binomial name | |
| Delopleurus parvus (Sharp, 1875)
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Delopleurus parvus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal.[1][2][3]
Description
This small subquadrate, highly convex species has an average length of about 5 to 6 mm.[4]
The species has found in habitats such as under a puffball fungus.[5]
References
- ^ Frolov, Andrey V. (2015-01-25). "Revision of the genus Delopleurus Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with description of new species from Africa". Journal of Natural History. pp. 129–154. doi:10.1080/00222933.2014.909072. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ Mittal, I.C.; Jain, Rahul (2015). "A checklist of Indian Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Indian Journal of Entomology. p. 383. doi:10.5958/0974-8172.2015.00076.0. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ Sabu, Thomas K.; Nithya, S.; Vinod, K. V. (2011-04-22). "Faunal survey, endemism and possible species loss of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the western slopes of the moist South Western Ghats, South India". Zootaxa. p. 29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2830.1.3. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Delopleurus parvus (Sharp, 1875)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Report of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to unconventional resources, with the description of three new species" (PDF). ENTOMON 41(4) : 265-282 (2016). Retrieved 2021-07-18.