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Chiron cylindrus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Chironinae
Genus:	Chiron
Species:	C. cylindrus
Binomial name
Chiron cylindrus (Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
Scarites cylindrus Fabricius, 1798 Passalus cylindrus Hliger, 1801 Chiron digitatus Castelnau, 1840 Chiron cylindrus Paulian, 1954 Sinodendron digitatum Fabricius, 1801 Passalus cylindrus Illiger, 1801

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.

References

1. "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). researchgate. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
2. Arrow, Gilbert J. (1936-01-01). "XII.—The Beetles belonging to the Lamellicorn Genus Chiron". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. pp. 150–153. doi:10.1080/03745481.1936.10801396. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
3. "Fauna of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve" (PDF). Research Gate. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
4. "The beetle fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) of soil in four small areas in Allahabad (UP, India)" (PDF). Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. Retrieved 2021-07-09.

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