Scarabaeus satyrus

Scarabaeus satyrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Scarabaeus
Species:
S. satyrus
Binomial name
Scarabaeus satyrus
Boheman, 1860[1]
Copris hispanus in excavated chamber - Edward Julius Detmold

Scarabaeus satyrus is an African species of dung beetle. These beetles roll a ball of dung for some distance from where it was deposited, and bury it, excavating an underground chamber to house it. An egg is then laid in the ball, the growing larva feeding on the dung, pupating, and eventually emerging as an adult.

  1. ^ Scarabaeus satyrus Boheman, 1860. catalogueoflife.org