Bodilus circumcinctus

Bodilus circumcinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Bodilus
Species:
B. circumcinctus
Binomial name
Bodilus circumcinctus
(Schmidt, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius circumcinctus Schmidt, 1840
  • Aphodius limbatus Germar, 1823

Bodilus circumcinctus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in). They have a quite strongly convex body. The forebody is black, the pronotum with yellow-red sides. The scutellum is dark and the elytra are yellow-brown, with a darker patch. The legs are light brown.

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved November 5, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Bodilus circumcinctus 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.
  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.