词条 | Sisyphus (beetle) |
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| name = Sisyphus | image = Sisyphus.longipes.jpg | image_caption = Sisyphus longipes | image_width = 250px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Coleoptera | superfamilia = Scarabaeoidea | familia = Scarabaeidae | subfamilia = Scarabaeinae | tribus = Sisyphini | genus = Sisyphus | genus_authority = Latreille, 1807 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text }}Sisyphus is a genus of dung beetles comprising more than 90 species.[1] Adults are characterised by their long hind legs.[2] DistributionAfrica, Eurasia, Asia, Central America and Australia.[1] HabitsAdults separate balls of dung from droppings and roll them some distance over the soil surface before burying them.[2] Eggs are laid in the buried dung; this provides a source of food for the larvae once they hatch. SpeciesOne common species is Sisyphus schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758). References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Sisyphus - Taxonomy|url=http://insectoid.info/insecta/pterygota/neoptera/holometabola/coleoptera/polyphaga/scarabaeiformia/scarabaeoidea/scarabaeidae/scarabaeinae/sisyphini/sisyphus/|website=insectoid.info|accessdate=29 July 2016}} {{Commons|Sisyphus (beetle)|Sisyphus}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q4418984}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sisyphus (Beetle)}}{{Scarabaeidae-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Davis|first1=Adrian L. V.|last2=Scholtz|first2=Clarke H.|last3=Philips|first3=T. Keith|title=Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles|journal=Journal of Biogeography|date=September 2002|volume=29|issue=9|pages=1217–1256|doi=10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00776.x}} 1 : Scarabaeinae |
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