Campsiura nigripennis

Campsiura nigripennis
Campsiura nigripennis, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Tribe: Cremastocheilini
Subtribe: Macromina
Genus: Campsiura
Species:
C. unicornis
Binomial name
Campsiura unicornis
(Schaum, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Macroma nigripennis Schaum, 1841

Campsiura nigripennis, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

Biology

Adult females fly to elephant dung for oviposition and lay eggs on the dung. Larval stages then grow inside elephant dung by constructing ovoid cocoons. After the pupation, adults emerged after about a month.[2] In addition, adults are also known to attack arboreal nests of Oecophylla smaragdina.[3] In India, adults frequently nests of the wasp, Ropalidia montana, the first record that a cetoniid species observed to have an association with a social insect.[4]

Subspecies

Four subspecies has been recorded:

  • Campsiura nigripennis cingalensis (Arrow, 1910)[5]
  • Campsiura nigripennis maculicollis (Westwood, 1874)[6]
  • Campsiura nigripennis nigripennis Schaum, 1841
  • Campsiura nigripennis sumatrana Legrand, 2012[7]

References

  1. ^ Takashi, Komatsu; Munetoshi, Maruyama; Sasitorn, Hasin; Varawut, Woraguttanon; Suthat, Wiyanan; Watana, Sakchoowong (2015). "Observations of immature and adult stages of the myrmecophilous cetoniine beetle Campsiura nigripennis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Entomological Science. pp. 288–291. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ "Beetles recorded to visit elephant dung in Temenggor forest, Malaysia" (PDF). Journal of Wildlife and Parks (2014) 29 : 1-8. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ Komatsu, Takashi; Maruyama, Munetoshi; Hasin, Sasitorn; Woraguttanon, Varawut; Wiyanan, Suthat; Sakchoowong, Watana (2015). "Observations of immature and adult stages of the myrmecophilous cetoniine beetle Campsiura nigripennis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Entomological Science. 18 (2): 288–291. doi:10.1111/ens.12118. S2CID 83035778. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ^ "First record of the cetonid beetle, Campsiura nigripennis (Schaum, 1841) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand". Calodema, 635: 1-4 (2018). Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ "Campsiura nigripennis cingalensis (Arrow, 1910)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. ^ "Campsiura nigripennis maculicollis species page". THAILAND NATURE PROJECT. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. ^ "Campsiura nigripennis sumatrana Legrand, 2012". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.