ANIMALS – INSECTS – BEETLES – COPROPHAGIC BEETLE (SULCOPHANAEUS MENELAS)

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Coprophagic Beetle (Sulcophanaeus menelas)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Coleoptera
Family : Scarabaeidae
Genus : Sulcophanaeus
Species : S. Menelas

Description:

The Coprophagic Beetle (Sulcophanaeus menelas) is a Species of the Genus Sulcophanaeus, a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. This genus has a Neotropical distribution (Central and Southern America)

Species within this genus can reach a length of 20–25 millimeters (0.79–0.98 in). They are short and powerful dung beetles. This genus includes some particularly colorful species, many have metallic colors, and others are black. Especially the males tend to have horns and outgrowths of various kinds of head and pronotum. Often male has a long, curved horns on his forehead. Pronotum is much broader than long. Elytra are short and broad with deep longitudinal wrinkles. They are diurnal, coprophagous species.

Binomial Name:

Name : Sulcophanaeus menelas
Taxonomist : Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (London - England)
Year : 1924
Subspecies : None, or no data available
Synonyms : None, or no data available

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

Philatelic Issues

2013 – Uruguay – Stamp 3 of 4, from Spring Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: August 30th, 2013
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value: UYP 15

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated