| 词条 | Catharsius molossus |
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| image= Scarabaeidae - Catharsius molossus.JPG | image_caption = Catharsius molossus from India | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta |ordo = Coleoptera | familia = Scarabaeidae | subfamilia = Scarabaeinae | tribus = Coprini | genus = Catharsius | species = C. molossus | binomial = Catharsius molossus | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms = *Catharsius borneensis Paulian, 1936
|}} Catharsius molossus is a species of dung beetle belonging to the Scarabaeidae family. DescriptionCatharsius molossus can reach a length of about {{convert|25|-|35|mm}} in the females, about {{convert|45|mm}} in males. This species is completely black, the body is short and convex, quite hairy on the ventral side and usually with a short conical horn in the centre of the head of the males. Pronotum is densely granulated and elytra are finely striated. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine for detoxification, swelling and constipation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} DistributionCatharsius molossus is one of the most widespread and abundant coprophagous species in tropical Asian regions. It occurs in the Palearctic ecozone (Afghanistan, Nepal, Sikkim, China, Taiwan), and in the Oriental ecozone (India, Sri Lanka, Andaman, Annam, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Cochinchina, Thailand, Malaysia, Timor, Flores). References
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3 : Scarabaeidae|Beetles described in 1758|Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus |
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