Proagoderus pactolus, is a species of dung beetle found in India[1] and Sri Lanka.[2][3]
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| Proagoderus pactolus (Fabricius, 1787)
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Description
editThis narrowly oval, convex species has an average length of about 11 to 16 mm. Body bright deep metallic green. Sides of the prothorax, parts of the head are reddish-golden. Elytra reddish-orange, with greenish suture whereas antenna pale yellow. Head, legs, and ventrum covered with moderately long yellow setae. Pronotum and elytra covered with minute yellow setae. Head, pronotum, and elytra densely punctured or granular. Elytra very minutely and evenly. Pronotum smooth and shiny at the middle. Pronotum long, with nearly straight sides. Elytra feebly striate, with carinate juxtasutural intervals. Pygidium densely punctured. Male has semicircular clypeus and a slender horn on vertex. Pronotum with a slight tubercle on each side. Female has a little produced clypeus with a strongly arcuate frontal carina.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Taxonomic studies on Lamellicorn Scarabaeids (Coleoptera) of Simbalbara Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India" (PDF). faunaofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ "Scarabaeus pactolus Fabricius, 1787". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Proagoderus pactolus (Fabricius, 1787)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-26.