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Sisyphus spinipes
Distribution Introduced to Australia between 1972 and 1978 in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Now established in northern New South Wales and Queensland.
Description Head: 4 clypeal teeth and 2 teeth at junction of frons and clypeus. Dorsal part of eyes narrow. Prothorax: Surfaces dull, covered with short bristles, impunctate.
Elytra: Intervals flat, impunctate, with short bristles. Sterna: Metasternum very transverse (mid coxae widely separated), impunctate, lateral lobes with setae. Legs: Fore tibiae with 3 large teeth on the outer edge, and a single tooth in middle of inner edge. Mid and hind tibiae with longitudinal ridges. Mid femur and tibiae with small tooth on inner edge. Hind femur and tibiae elongated, each about 2 times as long as the length of the mid femora or tibiae. Abdomen: Sternites normal. Pygidium elongated, without grooves or depressions, with numerous setae.
Sexual dimorphism
References
Tyndale-Biscoe, M. (1990) Common Dung Beetles in Pastures of South-eastern Australia. CSIRO Division of Entomology. |
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