Phyllognathus dionysius, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Phyllognathus |
| Species: | P. dionysius
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| Phyllognathus dionysius (Fabricius, 1792)
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Description
editMale is about 16.0 to 23.0 mm in length. Body short, compact, globose and convex. Body shiny red brown in color. Margins of head, clypeus, pronotum, scutellum and elytra are totally black. Underside consists with long tawny hairs. Head rugo-punctate with an acute horn. Clypeus rugose, and bluntly pointed. Antenna with 10 segments. Pronotum minutely and densely punctured. Scutellum minutely punctured, and obtusely triangular. Elytra coarsely punctate-striate with puncturations. Pygidium minutely punctured. In female, head armed with a sharp and small tubercle. Pronotum coarsely punctured and pygidium covered with erect hairs.[6][7]
It is known as a minor pest on peanut, capsicum and tomato.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Phyllognathus dionysius (Fabricius, 1792)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PHYLLOGNATHUS DIONYSIUS FABRICIUS IN PAKISTAN" (PDF). Lambillionea CIX, 4, Décembre 2009. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Status of white grubs in north western Himalaya". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "A survey study of potato white grubs in Himachal Pradesh" (PDF). researchgate. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "White grubs damaging maize and paddy crops in Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Taxonomic account of Dynastinae fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Buxa Tiger Reserve (West Bengal, India)" (PDF). Romanian Journal of Biology-Zoology, 2014. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "On a collection of pleurostict scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) from the great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, India" (PDF). Zoo's Print Journal, 2007. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Species diversity of root grubs associated with groundnut cropping systems in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2020; 8(3): 2015-2018. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Studies on phytophagous whitegrubs of Himachal Pradesh". Shodhganga. Retrieved 2021-07-18.