Sisyphus longipes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Sisyphini
Genus: Sisyphus
Species: Sisyphus longipes
Name

Sisyphus longipes (Olivier, 1789)
References
Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 1, 2017]

Sisyphus longipes, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand.[1][2][3][4]
Description

This broadly oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 4 to 6.5 mm. Body black with shiny dorsum and ventrum. Body covered with a very minute and erect reddish setae. A small bare patch upon each side of the anterior part without any setae. Posterior legs are extremely long and slender. Head moderately strongly punctured. Clypeus almost semicircular emarginate in front. There are two sharp teeth which are closely separated in the clypeus. Pronotum finely punctured. Elytra finely striate, with flat intervals. Pygidium narrow and covered with large, shallow roundish pits.[5]
References

"Sisyphus longipes (Olivier, 1789)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
"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.
"Dung preference and trophic association of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the moist forests of the South-western Ghats of the Indian subcontinent". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 2021-06-19. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2021.06.008. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
"Distributional Notes and New Records for the Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Pakistan". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
"Sisyphus longipes (Olivier, 1789)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-27