Kingdom Animalia Family Scarabaeidae Rank Genus | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle | |
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Similar Beetle, Platypria, Sulcophanaeus imperator, Neochlamisus, Pachyteria | ||
Sulcophanaeus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. This genus has a Neotropical distribution (Central and Southern America).
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Species
Sulcophanaeus comprises five species groups (faunus, carnifex, auricollis, imperator and menelas) and about 15 valid species:
Description
Species within this genus can reach a length of 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). They are short and powerful dung beetles. This genus includes some particularly colorful species, many have metallic colors, 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.