Thorectes lusitanicus
Thorectes lusitanicus
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Insects
Thorectes lusitanicus is a medium-sized dung beetle ranging from 30–175 mg in dry body weight. It is flightless with strong mandibles that allow it to exploit dry dung. It is native to the southern Iberian Peninsula. It is a tunneller that builds shallow tunnels several meters from the site of a dung deposition and transports the dung into the tunnel. Once the dung is in the tunnel, females of this species lay their eggs within it.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Geotrupidae
- Genus
- Thorectes