• Source: Chiron cylindrus
  • Chiron cylindrus, is a species of true dung beetle widely distributed from Myanmar to Sri Lanka and towards tropical Africa.


    Description


    Average length is about 9 to 11 mm. Body elongate and cylindrical, with shiny surface. Dorsum brown to black in color. Head coarse and fine. Clypeus small and broad, with a small transverse median carina. Pronotum fine and sparsely punctate. Scutellum narrow, elongate with a blunt apex. Elytra finely punctate and striated.
    Adults are frequently observed in the 1st and 2nd weeks of September where both the larvae as well as adults feed on dung.


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