Sisyphini

Sisyphini is a tribe of scarab beetles, in the dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae).[1] The middle and hind legs are very long; the relatively short body is laterally compressed and has flattened sides. Relative to other dung beetles they are of small to moderate size (7–10 mm long).[1]

Sisyphini
Sisyphus fasciculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Tribe:
Sisyphini

Mulsant, 1842

Ecology

All species fly during the day (diurnal). They are all ball-rollers: a ball is fashioned from the dung, and rolled away from it by a pair of beetles; the male pushes with the back legs and the female pulls with the front legs. A short tunnel is dug in the soil, and the ball is buried at the end of it. After reworking the ball, the female lays an egg in it. The brood is then abandoned; after hatching, larvae feed on the dung ball.[1]

Taxonomy

There are three genera in this tribe:[2]

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References
  1. Scholtz, Clarke H.; Davis, Adrian L. V.; Kryger, Ute (2009). Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Pub. ISBN 978-954-642-517-1.
  2. Daniel, Gimo M.; Davis, Adrian L.V.; Sole, Catherine; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2018). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Sisyphini sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in southern Africa, including new species descriptions". Insect Systematics & Evolution. doi:10.1163/1876312X-00002195.


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