Bodilus caspius

Bodilus caspius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Bodilus
Species:	B. caspius
Binomial name
	Bodilus caspius; (Ménétriés, 1832)
Synonyms
	Aphodius caspius Ménétriés, 1832;

Bodilus caspius is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in). They have a quite strongly convex, shiny body. The forebody is black, the pronotum sometimes faintly reddish in the middle of the lateral margins. The scutellum is dark and the elytra are yellowish-brown, with a darkened sutural margin and a diffuse spot. The legs are reddish-brown.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Bodilus caspius at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved November 5, 2026.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Bodilus caspius at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 5, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved November 5, 2026.